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On the Formation and Planting 



its behalf. Strange as it may appear, 

 a careful observation will satisfy any 

 one of the truth of this statement ; 

 and, in the end, it will be found 

 that the gardener may safely trust 

 for a crop to that very breast wood 

 which we have been accustomed to 

 cut off and throw away. 



In cropping the garden, every 

 article, without exception, should be 

 in rows ; as this will save much labour 

 in weeding, and also allow the crops 



to be benefited by hoeing. In ^g. Pear tree on a wait or trellis. 



43. I have allotted compartments for the principal crops ; yet 

 it must not be supposed that anything like an arbitrary settle- 

 ment of crops is attempted, 

 or meant to be laid down. 

 What I have stated is only 

 a sketch of the propor- 

 tions that one class of vege- 

 tables bears to another; and 

 that neither borrowed nor 

 guessed at, but taken from 

 the slips and quarters of 

 existing establishments to 

 which I have had access. 

 The boundary of the ac- 

 companying sketch is — 

 what? A hedge? No; clipped hedges bear no fruit. It is a 

 walk overarched with stubborn or prickly fruit-bearing plants ; 



One, two, and three-years-old wood of a pear tr^^ 



Feach tree before winter pruning. 



After winter pruning. 



