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the foil is fo bad, but that it may be reii' 

 dered fit for the purpofej by proper ma- 

 nagement. 



However, the moft improper ground for 

 orchards, and the leail capable of fufncient 

 improvement, is fuch as hes fo low that it 

 can't be drained in the wintei*, but tnat the 

 water will generally ftand within a foot or 

 lefs of the furface. 



When a piece of land is fixt upcn, for 

 planting with fruit-trees, in the firfc place, 

 if there is occafion, it mufl be drained by 

 the methods laid down for draining gai% 

 dens 3 and then manured, m places where 

 the trees are to be plar^'^d, the fame as di^ 

 refted for borders, according as the nature 

 of the foil rcq^jires 3 tho' not exceeding the 

 depth of a foot, for either apples, quinces, 

 plums, mulberries, almonds, or filberds. 



SECT. II. 



Of the Diftances that Fruit-trees ought to 

 be planted from each other. 



THE ancient manner of planting 01% 

 chard trees hath been generally at 

 the diftance of eighteen or twenty feet; 



but 



