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 pits a foot and an half in diamtter, and two feet deep ; lay 

 up the foil from thence to mould and mellow by the fun 

 and air; and obferve, that your pits be eight feet diflant 

 from one another. In thefe pits plant all your gord nuts, 

 two inches deep. The good nuts you can diflinguifh 

 from the bad, by putting them into w^ter : Cafe away 

 what fwims, but what finks you are 10 uie. In the fpring 

 following, you will obferve them coming up; if the wea- 

 ther is very fevere, you may lay an inch more of mould 

 above them. The fummer following you lliould take 

 care to keep them free from all weeds, and ftir the mould 

 a little about thtm ; and remember that their futtire fuc- 

 Cfcfs depends much upon the care you take in keepingcat- 

 tle from their plantations. Carly in the fpring you (hould 

 divcll them of lateral branches, or if they come up 

 forked, you fhould take away one of their branches, and 

 leave the other for the wood. In two years you will ea- 

 fily obferve if they are thriving; if you find that they 

 canker, and a mofs grows about them, cut their flioot 

 down at the fiiTt bud above the ground, in a floping 

 manner, and irom that bud, they will foon fend up an- 

 other handfome fhoot ; tor their root has fufficient 

 ftrength to ellablifli itfelf in the ground, and thereby to 

 recover the plant; and you are to take particular care 

 not to allow any grafs or weeds to twill; about the young 

 plants. 



The other method of planting them is in rows. From 

 the feed beds, where they are firfl: raifed, they are, as 

 ufual, to be tranfplar.ted into the nurfery. When liftmg 

 them, you are to take care to cut a part of the top root 

 off, efpecially when they are again to be removed into 

 the places where they are to remain. They delight in 

 a rich foil, but not in clay, and mufl be removed from 

 the nuriery-beds in two years, or three at moft, accord- 

 ing to their growth. If you perceive that they do not 

 thrive, but turn crooked, you mufl cut them down, as I 

 formerly directed, and they will fend up a handfome 

 fhoot. The trees planted out in this way, will bear 

 fruit fooner than thofe trees wliich you planted in your 

 woods ; by the taking off their top root, which m:ikcs 

 their lateral fibres fpread aK)ng the j^round witlim »lie 

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