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New Principles of Gardenme. 
No more than Strawberries; which laff if fet 
In Earth that’s well fubdued, if to the Heat 
Of the warm Sun expofed, they foon abound | , 
With Juice, their Berries then. grow plump and round. 
Thofe Hills, which favour Baccuus, Lemons flarve, 
And Melons, which a gentler Clime deferve. 
When a warm Situation Plums obtain, 
They quickly recompence the Gardener’s Pain. 
Ravin, Book iv. Page 202. 
The beft Situations for Fruit-Gardens, are the South, and 
thofe as declines from the South towards the Eaft,. to forty five 
Degrees. Anexatt Zaf Wall is not to be difpifed ; for though 
the Bud is checked or kept back in the Spring by the Halterly 
Winds, yet it has the Advantage of the whole Anz:-Meridian 
Sun in Summer and Autumn, which difperfes the cold Dews 
early ina Morning, and by its Pofition, is defended from the 
South-Weft Winds that blows in the Autumn, oftentimes de- 
ftrutive to Fruit. Befides, the Fruit ripens very well, and of- 
tentimes better than that of a South (Wall or) Situation; for 
the Morning Sun in the Summer is the very bett; and although 
the Sun departs there, from about Eleven in the Morning, yet 
the Air being warmed by the Sun, is fully fufficient in the re- 
maining Part of the Day, to preferve and continue the fame 
Heat, without the Sun-Beams. ‘The Accidents attending this 
Expofition, is the North-Eaff and Eafferly Winds, which blaft 
Peach Trees, and kills other Fruits at the Time of their 
knitting or fetting for Fruit... The South Expofition receives the 
Sun foon after Six in the Morning after the Tenth Day of Marcé, 
and continues till near Six at Night. 
Its Accidents are the Zaft and by South, &c. Winds. which 
often blight Peaches, Apricots, &c. as is faid before of the Haft 
Expofition. The Weft Expofition is bleft with the Sun's Rays, 
when it has pafled the Meridian, and continues till it defcends 
the Horizon; The Fruit not receiving the early Warmth of 
the Sun, is generally ten or twelve Days later in ripening, 
and are feldom fo good as thofe of the Eaft Expofition, but al- 
ways i greater Abundance, being defended from the. North. - 
Laff, Haft and Eafterly Winds, which often blow in the 
Spring, deltroying the Bloom and Tender Fruits of Haftern 
Expo- 
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