2l6 PRUIT GARDEN DISPLAYED, 



any iituation not excefllvely wet, or i'ubjed to 

 inundations in Winter. 



The feafon for planting apple-trees> is ei- 

 ther in Autumn, towards the latter end of 

 Odober, or any time in November or Decem- 

 ber, &c. in open weather, or in February and 

 March. 



For the principal fiipply of apple-trees, ge- 

 nerally allot plenty ot llandards in gardens 

 and orchards, c^c. planted at twenty or thirty, 

 to forty or fifty feet diltance ; and in their 

 growth, permit the general branches to ad- 

 vance moltiy in their natural order, in a re- 

 gular expanfion all round, not ihortened, 

 lexccpt where any advance in a rambling or 

 vej y irregular growth ; and in other pruning, 

 they will only require it occafionally, to cut 

 out any croi's-placed or very crouded branches 

 and dead wood, to be performed principally 

 in Winter, 



Where there is room for orchards, or any 

 confiderable plantations of llandards, never 

 omit planting abundance of the bell varieties, 

 both of eating and kitchen apples ; as well as 

 plentiful plantations in orchards and hedge* 

 rows. Sec. for cyder. 



Flalf-ilandard apples may be planted in 

 fmaller fupplies, or as may be required for 

 fmall gardens or others, agreeable to the ob- 

 fervations before intimated, — planted twenty 

 or thirty feet afunder. 



Likewife dwarf- llandard apples may be in- 

 trcduced in borders and other compartments, 

 fifteen or- twenty feet diUaiice. 



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