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Gentlemen with very good Suc- 

 cefsi and that is, To plant the 

 Rows of Trees fourfcore or a 

 hundred Feet afunder, and the Di- 

 ftance of the Trees in the Rows 

 threefcore Feet : The Ground be- 

 tween the Trees they plough and 

 low -w^irh Wheat and other Crops, 

 in the fame manner as if it were 

 r]gar from Trees, and they cblerve 

 tlieir Crops to be full as good as 

 thofe quite exposed (except juft un- 

 der each Tree when they are grown 

 brge and afford a great Shade j) 

 and by thus ploughing and tilling 

 the Ground, the Trees are render'd 

 more vigorous and healthy, fcarce- 

 ly ever having any Mofs or other 

 Mirks of Poverty, and will abide 

 much longer, and produce better 

 Fruit. 



If the Ground in which you in- 

 tend to plant an Orchard has been 

 Pafture for fome Years, then you 

 i'hould plough in the Green Sward 

 the Spring before you plant the 

 Trees; and if you will permit it 

 to lie a Summer fallow, it will 

 greatly mend it, provided you flir 

 it two or three times, to rot the 

 Sward oi" Grafs, and prevent Weeds 

 growing thereon. 



At Mich Mimas you fhould plough 

 it pretty deep, in order to make 

 it loofe for the Roots of the Trees, 

 which fliould be planted thereon 

 in OEiober, provided the Soil be 

 dry J but if it be moift, the Begin- 

 ning of March will be a better 

 Seafon. 



When you have finifh'd planting 

 the Trees, you fliould provide fbme 

 Stakes to fupport them, otherwife 

 the Wind wjII blow them out of 

 she Ground j which will do them 

 much Injury, eipccially if they 

 Lave been planted Ibme Time; 

 for the Ground at that Seafon be- 

 ing warmj and for the mofl part 



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moifl, the Trees will very fbon 

 pufh out a great Number of young 

 Fibres, which, if broken off by 

 their being difplac'd, will greatly 

 retard the Growth of them. 



In the Spring following, if the 

 Seafon fhould prove dry, you fhould 

 cut a Quantity of green Turf, 

 which muft be laid upon the Sur- 

 face of the Ground about their 

 Roots, turning the Grafs down- 

 ward, which will prevent the Sun 

 and Wind from drying the Ground, 

 whereby the Expence of Watering 

 will be fav'd; and after the firft 

 Year they will be out of Danger, 

 provided they have taken well. 



Whenever you plough the Ground 

 betwixt thefe Trees, you mufb be 

 careful not to go too deep amongft 

 their Root?;, lefl you fhould cut 

 them off, which would greatly da- 

 mage the Trees : but if you do it 

 cautioully, the flirring of the Sur- 

 face of the Ground will be of great 

 Benefit to them : Tho' you fhould 

 obfcrve, never to low too near the 

 Trees, nor fuffer any great-rooting 

 Weeds to grow about them, which 

 would exhauft the Goodnefs of the 

 Soil, and flarve 'em. 



If, after the Turf which was 

 laid round the Trees be rotted, you 

 dig it gently about their Roots, it 

 will greatly encourage them. 



There are fbme Perfons who 

 plant many Sorts of Fruit together 

 in the fame Orchard, mixing the 

 Trees alternately : but this is a Me- 

 thod which fhould always be avoid- 

 ed ; for hereby there will be a ve- 

 ry great Difference in the Growth 

 of the Trees, which will not on- 

 ly render 'em unlightly, but alfb 

 render the Fruit upon the lower 

 Trees ill-tafted, by the tall ones 

 over-rhadowing them. So that if 

 you are determin'd to plant feveral 

 Sorts of Fruit oii the fame Spot, 



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