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wall, it is absolutely a rich fruit. Being a free 

 grower and good bearer, like the morella cherry, it 

 is thrust into the worst soils and situations, often 

 very undeservedly. It cuts a good figure in a well 

 set out desert, and makes an excellent preserve. 



7. Orleans. A pretty good, middle-sized, reddish 

 plum ; a free grower, and a great bearer. 



8. Blue Perdrigon. A very good, middle-sized, 

 high-flavoured fruit ; but not a very great bearer, 

 unless in a loamy soil. 



9. Bullace. Of this there are two sorts, the 

 white and the black ; the latter is most esteemed. 

 It is a standard or espalier plum, very fit for baking, 

 and a great bearer. 



Of the distances at which to plant Wall and Espalier 



Trees. 



The following are the distances at which the dif- 

 ferent kinds of fruit-trees may be planted on gar- 

 den-walls ; taking the medium height at twelve 

 feet, and varying the distance accordingly ; that is, 

 for a low wall, the more distant j and for a high 

 wall, the less : 



Apples, eighteen or twenty feet ; apricots, twenty 

 to twenty-four ; figs, fifteen or eighteen ; cherries, 

 twelve or fifteen ; nectarines and peaches, twelve 

 or fifteen ; pears, twenty-four to thirty ; and plums, 

 eighteen or twenty feet. 



For espaliers, or low walls of five or six feet : 

 Apples, thirty ; cherries, twenty ; pears, thirty to 

 thirty-five ; and plums, twenty to twenty-four feet. 



