THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



lopt, and branches topt, and therefore are easily 

 proportion'd, as aforesaid. 



Standards four years old, may be planted out of 

 nurseries into orchards, and also wall-trees two 

 years old. 



The season of the year is as soon as they give over 

 growing ; if the leaves be not off, cut them, saving 

 a little tail of their stalks. It's true you may plant 

 any time in winter, the weather being open ; but 

 rather let the frosts be over, and the spring ap- 

 proaching, if you have missed the fore-end of win- 

 ter, which is the better season. 



For standards, are aples, pears, cherries, plumes, 

 goosberries, currans, barberries, quince, walnut, 

 chesnut, filberd, service : but I think all these de- 

 serve not a place in the orchard. 



For walls are apricocks, peaches, nectarines, al- 

 monds, vines, figs, currans, aples, pears, cherries, 

 plumes, &c. But you need not take up much with 

 almond, vine, fig nor nectarine. 



On the south-side of the wall, plant apricocks, 

 peaches, nectarines, vine, &c. On the east and west- 

 sides, cherries, plumes, aples, pears, &c. On the 

 north-side, plumes, some pears as great bergamot, 

 some aples, currans especially, and rasps, &c. 



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