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wbich is of a deep-red Colour with- 

 in, and if eaten by Men, colours 

 their Urine as red as Blood j which 

 has ofren frighted Strangers who 

 have eaten of the Fruit, when they 

 have thought it was real Blood 

 which they voided, the' there are 

 no ill Effc(9:s attend it. 



The ninth and eleventh Sorts are 

 Jefs common than the others, and 

 are rarely ieen but in very curious 

 Gardens: Theie are the tendereft 

 of them all, and fiiould be plac'd 

 in a wjirm Part of the Stove in 

 Winter, l?ut mud have very little 

 Water given them at that Scaibn, 

 and in Summer muft always be 

 kept in the Houfe, for they will 

 not hear the open Air in the Heat 

 cf Summer, which is feldom very 

 regular in this Country. 



ORANGE i vule Aurantium. 

 ORCHARD : In planting of an 

 Orchard^ great Care fhould be had 

 to the Nature of the Soil, that fuch 

 Sorts oF Fruit as are adapted to 

 grow upon the Soil intended to be 

 planted, may be chofen, otherwife 

 there can be little Hopes of their 

 Succeeding i and it is for want of 

 rightly obierving this Method, that 

 we fee in many Countries Orchards 

 planted which never arrive to any 

 tolerable Degree of Perfedlion, 

 their Trees (larving, and their Bo- 

 dies are either cover'd with Vofs, 

 or the Bark cracks and divides, 

 both which are evident Signs of 

 the Weaknefs of the Trees i where- 

 as, if inftead of Apfles, the Or- 

 churd had been planted with Tears^ 

 Cherries, or any other fort ol" Fruit 

 to which the Soil had been adapt- 

 ed, the Trees might have grov/n 

 very well, and produc'd great Quan- 

 tities of Fruit. 



As to the Pofition of an Orchard 

 (if you are at full Liberty to 

 cbufe) a rifing Groand, opea to 



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the South EaJ!, is to be preferred j 

 but I would by no means advife 

 to plant upon the Side of a Hill, 

 where the Declivity is very great, 

 for in fuch Places the great Rams 

 do commonly waih down the bet- 

 ter Part of the Soil, whereby the 

 Trees would be depriv'd of proper 

 Nourifhment : But where rhe R'{e 

 is gentle, it is of great Al vantage 

 to the Trees, by admitt ng the 

 Sun and Air between them better 

 than it can upon an intire Level, 

 which is an exceeding Benefit to 

 the Fruit, by diflipating Fogs, and 

 drying up the Damps, which whea 

 detained amongft the Trees, do 

 m X with the Air and render it 

 rancid ; If it be defended from the 

 m/iy North, and Eafi Winds, it 

 will alio render the Situation ftill 

 more advantageous j for it is chief- 

 ly from thofe Quarters that Fruit- 

 Trees receive the greateft Injury: 

 Therefore, if the Place be not na- 

 turally defended from thefe by ri- 

 ling Hills (which is always to be 

 preferred i) then you Ibould plant 

 large-growing Timber-Trees at 

 ibme Diftance from the Orchard, 

 to anfwer this Purpole. 



You fhould alio have a great Re- 

 gard to the Diftance of planting 

 the Trees, which is what few Peo- 

 ple have rightly conlider'd ; for if 

 you plant them too dole, they will 

 be liable to Blights, and the Air be- 

 ing hereby pent in amongH them, 

 will caufe the Fruit to be ill-tafted, 

 having a great Quantity of damp 

 Vapours from the Perfpiration of 

 the Trees, and the Exhalations 

 irom the Earth mix'd with it, 

 which will be imbib'd by the Fruit, 

 and render their Juices crude and 

 unwholfome. 



-Wherefore I can't but recom- 

 mend the Method which has been 

 lately pradii'd by fom* particular 



Gentlemen 



