254 ATREATISEOF 

 or beginning of Auguft, dig them over again 

 with a fork, and then cover them with 

 ilich fort of manure as direfted in tlie fpring, 

 about half the quantity ; and after that> 

 if the feafon is dry, water them plentifully 

 hi the evening, it Vvall caufe the falts that 

 were dug in winter to mix with the earth, 

 and thofe remaining upon the furface to 

 continue moift: but never dig in weeds, 

 or liable manure, and let the borders be 

 always kept clean by fprittling and raking^ 



As to thofe borders on which efpaliers 

 or dwarfs grow, if they are planted with 

 flrav/berries, fufFer none to grow within 

 a yard of the trees ; and if they be kept at 

 half a yard from each other, the fruit will 

 be better for it, though it is bell for the 

 trees if there be none 5 they mull like- 

 wife be dug and manured in the winter, 

 the fame as direfted for others, which 

 mull be again repeated as foon as the llraw- 

 berries are gathered. 



As vv'hat has been already faid of bor- 

 ders, relates only to thofe made according 

 to the former direftions, I will therefore, 

 in the next place, fay fomething concerning 

 old ones. 



CH A P. 



