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fify the view, and appear the more rural, which is more 

 pleafing than in formal rows, where it feems as if nature 

 had been neglected, and art had uliirped )ier place. 



I defign therefore to give feme directions for this fmalU 

 or rather accidental orchard, which may be of great uie 

 in protecting the kitchen garden from deftru&ive winds. 



It is true, that by planting the fruit-tiees at fuch great 

 diflances as fifty or fixty feet, there will be the fewer; 

 but then it is certain that thefe few will bear better crops, 

 and the fruit will be larger and better flavoured, than in 

 thofe places where the trees are planted at a lefs dif- 

 tance, and where the air is pent up, whereby fuch 

 plantations are fubjeft to blights, thin crops, dropping 

 off of the fruit before ripe, and having a b.id tafle from 

 rancid and bad air: all which may be avoided by plant- 

 ing the trees in the manner here advifed. 



You are likewife to confider your foil ; if of clay, it 

 will be fit for Pears; if of a good loam, it will do well 

 for Cherries and Apples, and fome Plums, io you 

 may adapt your trees to your foil, or to the different 

 foils you find in this piece of ground : at the bottom of 

 this plantation, you may have fome Quinces, which, be- 

 fides being a good fruit for many family ufes, is an ex- 

 cellent Hock for grafting all the fijmmer and autumnal 

 Pears on ; efpeciallv thofe which are very melting. 

 The Portugal Quince is ttie befl; lor eating or ufing in 

 families, which fhould be budded or grafted upon the 

 cuttings of the Apple quince, as they give the beft flocks^, 



The ground is to be plowed in March, and allowed 

 one fummer's fallow, not only to rot the fward, but to 

 moulder the earth; and if of a dry texture, it muft be 

 plowed again pretty deep in July, and the fame in Sep- 

 tcmber, to be planted in October, flaking trees to prevent 

 their wind waveing, in vvl ich iituation they muft be 

 kept for five or fix years. For the firft two years, lay 

 fome fward over the roots, to proteft them from frofts 

 in winter, the fun and air in fpring and fummer; and 

 take it for a rule always to plant young trees, fur though 

 trees raifcd from nurlcries, or other plantations, may 

 fooner bear crops, vet it is certain they will never hold 

 long, or give fuch large and found fruit, as young trees 

 will produce for many years, 



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