30if THE ORCHARD. 



Trees that are of very different sizes when full- 

 grown should not be planted promiscuously : but, 

 if the soil be properly adapted, plant the larger in 

 the back part or higher ground, or at the North- 

 ends of the rows, if they run nearly North and 

 South, and the others in succession according to 

 their size. Fruit trees planted in this manner will 

 have a fine effect when grown up ; but if they are 

 planted promiscuously, they will not appear so 

 agreeable to the eye ; and, besides, the smaller 

 trees will be shaded by the larger, which will in- 

 jure them, and spoil the flavour of the fruit. 



Orchards should be dunged once in two or three 

 years. The stem of trees in those where cattle 

 feed should be high enough to prevent their eating 

 the lower branches ; and fenced in such a manner 

 as to prevent their being barked, or injured, by the 

 cattle rubbing against them, particularly when 

 young ; which may be done by triangles of wood, 

 or the trees may be bushed with thorns, &c. The 

 trees are to be pruned and managed as already di- 

 rected for Apples, Pears, Plums, &c. &c. 



If the soil be wet, it must be drained, as already 

 directed for a garden. When the surface of the 

 ground is wet, and has a little descent, it may be 

 formed into a kind of ridges, by making a furrow, 

 from one to two feet deep, between every two 

 rows, sloping the ground regularly on each side, ' 

 from a reasonable distance to the bottom of the 

 furrow. These hollows will carry off the water» 



