( 34° ) 

 feet wide, according to the fize of the 

 garden •, but it is of much importance to 

 have wide borders, that the roots may 

 have fufRcient fcope to fpread. 



Method of Planting Fruit Trees. 



ONE general method ferves for all 

 the different forts of fruit trees. 



In taking them up for planting, the 

 greater! precaution is neeefiary for ra : f- 

 Ing them with as large a fpread of roots 

 as poffible ; the root may require trim*- 

 ming, fo far as to retrench any maimed 

 or decayed parts, but retaining carefully 

 all the main horizontal ones, moftly at 

 full length, except jnft tipping off rfte 

 ends Hoping on the under fide, and re- 

 ducing any very long flragglers. With 

 regard to the head *, if a tree of only 



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