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pleafure only, then a few annuals of a fmall 

 or middle fize may be planted on them* 



There are two things more neceflary to be 

 obferveds that is, the nature of the fummer, 

 and the quantity of fruit upon the trees. 



If it be a wet fcafon and a large crop o£ 

 fruit, give the borders once a month a thin 

 covering, that is to fay, half as much at 

 a time of the fame forts of manure as di- 

 refted for them in the fpring j but if the 

 fummer is dry, and the trees be either weak, 

 full of fruit, or young ones of the laft year's 

 planting, then it is necefTary to water the 

 borders three times a week 5 but this muft 

 be done in the evening, otherwife the fun 

 will attract too much of the moiiiure be- 

 fore it can defcend to the roots of the 

 trees. 



Where there is a great quantity of wal- 

 nuts gathered, I would advife to have the 

 hufks, fo foon as taken off, fpread about 

 an inch thick on the borders where pea- 

 ches and neftarines grow -, and after the 

 trees have been pruned in the winter, let 

 them be dug into the earth with a fork. 

 There is a fait in them which is deftructive 

 to infects, and ftrengthening to trees. 



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