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The Fru1t-Garven Idpsftrated. 
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THE Gardens about Zawskenham, [fleworth, cc. in Middlefex, 
whofe Soils are naturally drier than thofe of Kent, have the beft Crops 
in wet Summers. 
ORCHARDS growing on the South Sides of Rivers, imbibe great 
Quantities of Moifture at their Bloffoms and Leaves, as ‘tis exhaled away 
by the Sun ; for the Trees being fituate between the River and the Sun, 
imbibes the humid Steams as they pafs by them. But this never 
happens but in dry Seafons, becaufe when Seafons are very wet, Fruit- 
Trees imbibe very little, or dearcely any, -— nearly faturate with the 
Moifture of the Seafon. 
THUS much for Frofts, Eafterly Winds and Infects. Now we 
will return to our Fruits, which we fuppofe to have plenty of, and 
which will always happen, if we ate careful to fupply the Blofloms 
and Leaves thereof, with fuch Refrefhings of Water as the Soil and Seafons 
require. 
ZOUR Fruits Sand Tel fet, we mutt be very watchful and 
diligentinacovering them, from Frofts, 1 pian any. fee 1 to, o,olfer 5 and 
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the Top of the Wall, in readinefs to lee “dows as oat ion may require. 
Ap had Apricots above one third grown, and well coverd with Leaves, 
kill'd in great Quantities in the Beginning of May 1722.3 which, had 
I fortunately cover'd, would have been er 'd, to my very great Ad- 
wags 
_ IE our - haces and Peaches are very numerous, we mutt cafe Nacire 
of her Burden; and therefore about the End of April, we may thin 
our Apricots, and in the firft Week of May our Peaches, leaving them 
about two Inches apart, at the leaft. But Plumbs are feldom thinn’d, 
not but a reafonable Subtraction mutt certainly improye the Remainders, 
which al be at the aforefaid Diftance. 
‘IT is obfervable that Desches, Plumbs, Apricots, or. grow very little 
from about the 20th Day of May, to the like Time in June, Nature 
X being 
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