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moderately light, factv, and pliant, a 

 fpade or two detrp will oe founo lurrlci- 

 ently eligible for fruit-trees.-.- Strong, 

 ilubborn, rank clayey foils are bad, bat 

 may be improved by light open mix- 

 tures •, fuch as comports of iandy earths, 

 coal allies, plenty of rotten dung, &w\ 

 at all opportunities. 



A too light or fandy fo ; l mull be fer- 

 tilized by plenty of good ding, and oc- 

 cafional applications of (trongfh earthy 

 compofts, and cold vvcttiih foils muft 

 alfo be occafionally mended with fight 

 warming ingredients, fuch as juft men- 

 tioned. But in low w.t foils the fituauons 

 for fruit trees mould either be raifed 

 proportionally with comports of dung 

 and earths worked up with the natural 



foil, fuflkiera to have the roots diftant 



from 



