&2Q MANAGEMENT OF ORCHARDS. 



praiTtice. I have not obferved it, in more 

 than ©ne or two inflances. , 



8. The AFTERMANAGEMENT of Or- 

 chards is confined to fup plying the trees 

 with frelii brambles, furze, and frith — ftrasv 

 and weeds — to rot on their roots : not over 

 the pafture of the feeding fibers, but round 

 the ftem (in fuch a manner however as 

 iK)t to touch it). Yet it is believed, by 

 men who pay attention to thefe matters, 

 that the growth and fruitfulnefs of the trees 

 are much promoted through thefe means. 

 Does the dead matter, by deftroying the 

 living herbage, becorae the means of a fup- 

 ply of air to the larger roots, and thus affifl 

 the fap in its afcent ? The popular idea is, 

 that thefe fubilances " find their way down 

 to the roots" *, 



It will not be improper to relate, that I 



-have heard the canker (the great enemy of 



modern ^ Orchards) fet at naught 1 Not, 



however, by a man on whofe judgement I 



have a fufficient reliance, to become a 



voucher 



* For an inftancc of iNVERTitCG the sward of an 

 Orchard, by way of meliorating the Trees, fee the 



Minutes. 



