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and it is not too much, though it appears a great dif- 

 tancc when the trees are firft planted. 



But with regard to the planting thefe trees in efpa- 

 liers, that is, the apple and pears, it fnould be obferved, 

 that the former, if grafted on paradife or codling flocks, 

 need not be planted more than fifteen or eighteen feet 

 apart ; and pears on quince Hocks eighteen or twenty. 



Standard trees, either apples or pears, fhould be plant- 

 ed at Icaft twenty-five or thirty feet diftance in the row, 

 and the rows not lefs than forty feet afunder; and plums 

 and cherries not lefs than twenty-iive feet in the lines^ 

 and forty between the lines. 



Plant Goo/eherry and Currant I'rees. 



Plant goofeberry and currant-trees where wanted. 

 This may"^be done about the middle, or towards the lat- 

 ter end of the month. 



Where it is intended to plant thefe ihrubs in a full 

 plantation by themfelves, mind to allow* them proper 

 room. Let them be planted in rows eight or ten feet 

 diftant, and allow at leaft fix feet between plant and 

 plant in the row. 



At this diftmceyou have room to dig and hoe between 

 the trees, and alfo to pTune them, and gather the fruit ; 

 and at this diftance the berries will grow large, and will 

 ripen freely ; and there will alfo be room to plant or fow 

 many forts of kitchen plants between them. 



But if you intend to plant thefe fhrubs in fingle rows 

 round the quarters of the kitchen garden (as is commonly 

 praftifed) you Ihould plant them full feven or eight feet 

 diftant from each other. 



Alfo if they are to be planted to divide the kitchen- 

 ground into wide compartments of thirty or forty feet 

 Vv'idth, or more, fhould fet them about eight or ten feet 

 diftance in the row, 



Pruning Goofeherries and Currants. 



Prune gcofeberries and currants about the end of this 

 month, and the ground about them may be dug, which 

 will render the whole decent for the winter feafon, and 

 will be of great fervice to the trees. 



Jn pruning thefe fhrubs it will be neceffary to obferve 

 that their branches ihould be kept thin, and at regular 

 dillances. 



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