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pends upon the judgment of having a thorough 

 practical knowledge of soils, which will suit the 

 different kinds of fruit trees intended to be 

 planted. Generally, where the natural soil, on 

 which the forcing house is built, is of a rich 

 loamy quality, much less judgment will be re- 

 quired in preparing the borders, as all fruit trees 

 will succeed in a light deep loamy soil ; and 

 when this is the case, no further trouble is 

 necessary, beyond trenching the ground two 

 spades deep, throwing up the two crumbs, and 

 loosen the soil at the bottom of , the trench, 

 before throwing in the next top spit. If the soil 

 is tolerably rich, no manure will be necessary ; 

 if poor, add some thoroughly -rotted dung, in 

 proportion to the poorness of the soil ; at the 

 bottom of the trench, after it is loosened, and 

 again on the top spit after it is turned over, and 

 more oji the second spit after it is turned over, 

 and then throw the second crumb over it, and 

 before planting, the border may be again turned 

 over slightly, to cause it to be well mixed. This 

 will be quite sufficient for all kinds of stone 

 fruits, particularly peaches and nectarines, or 



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