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tlie future Succefs of thefe Trees 

 ioth in a great meafurc depend up- 

 on the Soil in which they arc 

 planted > Co I fball briefly fet down 

 ^the Method of Preparing the Earth 

 Ibr the Borders where they are de- 

 figtt'd to grow. 



The beft Earth for Feach Trees, 

 h fucfe as is taken from a Pafture 

 Ground, that is neither too ftiff 

 and moift, new: over-dry, but of a 

 middling Nature: This fbould be 

 dug, from the Surface of the Ground 

 ahovLt ten Inches deep, taking the 

 Turf with itj and fliould be laid 

 in Heaps eight or ten Months be- 

 fore it be ufed, during which Time 

 it fhould be often turn'd, to rot the 

 Turf, and break the Clods, where- 

 by it will be rendered very light, 

 and eafy to workj and about the 

 Beginning of September you fhould 

 carry it into the Garden, and make 

 the Borders, which muft be rais'd 

 in Height proportionable to the 

 Moifture of the Garden ; for if the 

 Ground be very wet, it will be ad- 

 vifeable to lay ibme Rubbifh in the 

 Bottom of the Border, to drain off 

 the Moifture, and to prevent the 

 Roots of the Trees from running 

 downwards i then raife the Border 

 of Earth at leaft a Foot above the 

 Level of the Ground, fo that the 

 Roots of the Trees may always re- 

 main dry : but if the Ground be 

 pretty dry, the Borders fhould not 

 be rais'd above four or five Inches 

 higher than the Surface, which 

 will be fuf^icient to allow for their 

 finking. 



As to the Breadth of thefe Bor- 

 ders, that can't be too great ; but 

 they fhould never be lels than fix 

 Feet broad where Fruit-Trecs arc 

 planted j for when the Bordei;^ are 

 made very narrow, the Roots ot 

 the Trees will be fo confin'd in 

 four or five Yeai'S Time, that they 



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will {eldom thrive well after. The 

 Depth of thefe Borders fhould not 

 be greater than two Feet j for 

 where they aa:e prepared to a great 

 Depth, it only intices the Roots of 

 the Trees downward, which may 

 be the Caufe of their future Barren- 

 nefsi for their Roots being got 

 down below the Influences of the 

 Sun and Showers, do imbibe a great 

 Quantity of crude Juices j which 

 only add to the luxuriant Growth 

 of the Trees, and deflroy theic 

 Fruitfalnefs : befides, whatever Fruit 

 are produced from fuch Trees, arc 

 not near £o well-tafled, as are thole 

 which grow upon thofc Trees 

 whole Roots lie near the Surface, 

 and enjoy the kindly Benefit of the 

 Sun's Heat, to corredt and digeft 

 whatever Crudities there may be in 

 the Earth. 



Your Borders being thus prepar'd 

 fhould lie about three Weeks or a 

 Month to fettle, by which time 

 the Seafon for Planting will be 

 come, which fhould be perform'd 

 as foon as the Leaves begin to de» 

 cay, that the Trees may take Root 

 before the Frofl comes on to pre- 

 vent them ; Then you fhould care- 

 fully take up the Trees out of the 

 Nurfcry, fo as not to break or 

 bruile their Roots j and with a 

 fharp Knife you roufl prune the 

 extreme Parts of them, and cut 

 off fmooth any broken or bruifed 

 Roots; as alio all the fmall Fibres 

 fliould be taken off, fox the Rea- 

 fons before given. 



And having thus prepar'd your 

 Trees, you fhould meafiire out their 

 Diftance, which ought never to be 

 lefs than fourteen Feet j but where 

 the Ground is very good, they 

 fl:iould be planted fixteen Feet afun- 

 der. This I doubt not, will be 

 thought too great a Diflance by 

 ma;iy Pcrfons, elpecially lince it is 



contrary 



