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32. In good foil, \ mean oi common field (^^oxhthnd. ishotbeft 

 for Cider fruit , but common arable) I have feen the Trees of 

 good growth, almoft equalling other Cider-trees^ the Afple larger 

 and feldom failing of a good burthen : thus in the f^ales of Wheat- 

 lands^ in drong Glebe or Claji, where the C/Wtr is not fo much extol- 

 led : but ftill Sack is Sack,:, and Canary differs from Claret j fo 

 docs the Red-Jirake-Cider of the Vale excell any other Cider of the 

 forcible foil. 



53. Yet this diftindion of 5oi/ requires much experience, and 

 great heed, if weinfift upon accurate directions ^ for as Lauren- 

 burg faith, in pingui folo non feruntur omnia re&e, neque in macro 

 nihil. And for Gardens, Flowers and Orchards , I would chufe 

 many times fuch lands as do not pleafe the Husbandman, either for 

 wheat or fweet Pajiure, which are his chief aims ; and thus Lau- 

 renburg. In Arida & tenui terra falicitfs proveniunt Rut a. Allium, 

 Petrofelinum, Crocus, Hyjfopus,Cappark, Lupini, Satureia, Thymus^ 

 Arbores quoque tenue c^ macilentum folunt amant j itemquefiutices 

 plerique Humidi arbores, Jcil. Pomi , Pyri , Cerafus , Prunus, Per- 

 Jfca, Cotonea, Mori , Juglans , Coryli, Staphylodendrum, Alejpilus, 

 Ornus, Cajianea, c^c. Frutices,fcil. Vitis, Berber is, Cenijla, Junipe- 

 ries, Oxyacantha, Periclymenum, Rofa, Ribejium, Vva, Spina, Vacci- 

 nia, ^c. 



34. But here alfo we muft diftinguifh, that Pears will bear in a 

 very fiony, hungry, gravelly-land, fuch as Apples will not bear in •-, 

 and I have fcen Pears bear in a tough binding hungry Clay, when 

 Apples could not fo well bear it (as the finooth rinds of the Pear- 

 trees , and the Mo^ie and cankered rinds of the Apple-trees did 

 prove)the root of a Pear-tree being it feems more able to pierce a fto- 

 ny and ftiff ground. And Cherries, Mulberries and Plums,czn rejoyce 

 in a richer foil, though by the fmallnefs of tht Roots, the fhallow- 

 er foil will fuffice them. And require a deeper ground, 

 and will bear with fome degrees of hungry land, if they be fupplied 

 with a due meafure of fucculency, and neighbouring moifture y 

 and the other firubs, according to the fmalnefs of their roots, do 

 generally bear a thinner land. I have fcen ajbilib much too rank 

 for Apples and Plums , that all their fruit from year to year were 

 always worm-eaten, till their lives were forfeited to the fire. 



35. To take up from thck Curiojlties, the moft ufeful refiilt to 

 our purpofe i, we have always found thefe Orchards to grow beft, 

 laft longeft, and bear moft, which arc frequently tilled for Barley, 

 wheat or other Corn, ahd kept (by Culture and leafonable refl) in 

 due ftrength to bear a full crop. And therefore, whereas the Red- 

 firake might otherwife without much injury be planted ox fifteen or 

 twenty foot dijiance, and the beft dijiance for other Cider-fiuit hath 

 heretofore been reputed thirty or two and thirty foot , very good 

 husbands do now allow in their largeft Inclojures (as of 20 40 or 

 100 Acres) fifty or Jixty foot diftance, that the Trees may not much 

 hinder the Plow, and yet receive the benefit of Compoji 5 and a 

 Horje-teem well governed will (without any damage of danger) 

 plow clofe to the Trees. 



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