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he ready to take down towards the middle or latter end 

 of the montli. 



This work nvuft always be done in aperfeftly dry day ; 

 and be fure to let the fruit be alfo quite dry before you 

 begin to puil them, and all the fruit which are for keep- 

 ing fhould hang their full time on the trees, but efpe- 

 cially the late autumnal and winter pears and apples. 

 See Oaober. 



About the latter end of this month many of the winter 

 fruits will be fit to gather ; but if the weather is fine, let 

 them hang on the trees till Odober. 

 * When the apples or pears have hung their full tinie on 

 the trees they will eafily quit the wood on being handled ; 

 and when they begin to drop off apace that is a certain 

 jlgn of their maturity, and that they may be gathered. 

 See October. 



Prepare for Plantings 



' Begin towards the end of the month, to prepare tlie 

 ground where new plantations of fruit-trees are to be made. 



If an entire new border is intended for wall-trees^ &C4'^ 

 it is of importance to add a, good fupply of thoroughly- 

 rotten dung ; and the ground to be worked to the depth . 

 of at leaft eighteen inches or two feet : and if it is light 

 dry foil it would be an advantage to add alfo fome frerti 

 loam from a common or field, &c. but particularly to 

 the places where the trees are to (land. See next month. 



Straiv^errief. 



Now is a proper time to plant ftrawBerries ; and if 

 moift weather, it may be done in any time of the month ;' ' 

 but if the weather be very dry and hot, it will be pro- 

 per not to begin that work till the middle, or towards 

 the latter end of the month. 



Thefe plants fliould be allowed go6d ground, let it 

 be neatly digged, and lay it out into beds four feet broad, 

 allowing alleys between the beds eighteen or twenty iri- 

 ches wide, for the convenience of going in to weed, wa- 

 ter, and gather the fruit. 



The plants are to be fet in rows lengthway the beds ; 

 the rows to be fifteen or eighteen inches afunder, and 

 the plants to be fet the fame diftance from one another 

 in the rows. ' '^ 



Or 



