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ful and healthy} which riiuft cer- 

 tainly be owing to the former Ob- 

 iervation; as alio to their drawing 

 in a great Quantity of crude Moi- 

 fture, which, though prbdudtive of 

 "Wood, is yet unkindly for Fruit. 

 If, therefore, this be the Cafe, 

 there is no Way of helping this, 

 but by railing up the Trees, if they 

 are young j or, if they are too old 

 to remove, it is the better Way to 

 root them out, and make new 

 Borders of frelh Earth, and plant 

 down young Trees j for it is a 

 great Vexation to be at the Trou- 

 ble and Expence of pruning and 

 managing thefe Trees, without ha- 

 ying the Pleafure of reaping any 

 Advantage from them. Which will 

 always be the Cafe, where the 

 Trees are thus injudicioufly plan- 

 ted. Or, 



tdlyy This may proceed from the 

 Trees wanting Nourifhment, which 

 is many times the Cafe, where 

 they are planted in a hard, gravelly 

 Soil, in which it is the common 

 Pradtice to dig Borders three or 

 four Feet wide, and three Feet 

 deep into the Rock of Gravel ; 

 which is fili'd with good frefli 

 Earth, into which the Trees are 

 planted, where they will thrive 

 pretty well for two Years^ until 

 their Roots reach the Gravel,' 

 where they are confin'd, as if plan- 

 ted in a Pot, and tor want of pro- 

 per Nourifnmenr, the Blanches do 

 continually decay every Year. This 

 cannot be heip'd, where the Trees 

 have been o-rowing^ fome Years, 

 v^ithout taking them entirely up, 

 or by digging away the Gravel 

 from their Roots, and adding a 

 large Quantity of frefh Earth, that 

 may aftbrd them a Suppiy ot Nou- 

 fifhment. But where a Pcrfon in- 

 tends to plant Fruit-Trees upon 

 flich a Soil, I would advife him 



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never to dig into the Gravel, but» 

 on the contrary, to raile the Bor- 

 ders, at leaft two Feet above it, 

 with good frefh Earth, v/hich, if 

 made of a confiderable Width, fo 

 that their Roots may have Room 

 to extend themfelves upon the 

 Gravel, they will enjoy the kindly 

 Influences of the Sun and Showers, 

 and produce delicate, well-flavour'd 

 Fruit in plenty. 



But if- the Unfruitfulnefs of the 

 Trees do not proceed from any of 

 the before-mention'd Caufes, anct 

 is the Effe6l of unkindly Seafbns: 

 then the beft Method yet known, 

 is, in frofly dry Weather, when 

 little Dew falls, to fprinkle the 

 Branches of the Trees gently with 

 Water in the BlolToming-feafbn } 

 and while the young-fet Fruit is 

 tender (which fliould always be 

 done before Noon, that the Moi- 

 fbure may evaporate before the 

 Night comes on ,) and if in the 

 Night you carefully cover the Trees 

 with Mats, Canvas, or fome fuch 

 light Covering, it will be of g: eat 

 Service to them : However, where 

 the Trees are flrong and vigorous, 

 they are not fo liable to fuuer by a' 

 fmall Inclemency, as are thole 

 which are v^rcak ■■, fb that there Will 

 be few Seaions in which there may 

 not be Hopes of a moderate Quan- 

 tity from them, rho' there fhould 

 be no Coverin<4 ufed. 



When your Fruit is fet, and 

 CTrown to the Bignefs of a Small- 

 Nut, you fhould go over the Trees, 

 and thin them, leaving 'em at leaft 

 five or fix Inches aiunder ; for when 

 they are permitted to' remain in 

 Bunches, as they are often produ- 

 ced, the Noiirilhment which Ihouid 

 be employed wholly to the Fruits 

 defign'd to ftand, will be equally 

 fpent amongft: the whole Number,' 

 a great Part of which muft be af- 



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