New Principles of Gardening. 
They of Auvergne, in Willows, Fruits inclofe ; 
°Tis true, at firft their Colour grateful fhows: 
But by this Marriage they degen’rate are, Si 
And tafte but ill, although ibe look fo fair. 
Ravin, Lib. iv. Page 194, 
SECT. Il 
Of the Time and Manner of Planting all Sorts 
of Fruit-Trees, in any Kind of Land, as 
Clay, Loam, Sand, Gravel, &c. | 
IRST, I advife; that in the Spring you provide ten, twen- 
FF ty, c. Loads of the frf? Spit of fome waffe Common or 
Grafs Ground, whofe Soil is a fandy Loam, where Cat- 
tle has been continually fed, and has not been broke up or 
tild in the Memory of Man, which being done, throw it up 
into the Form of a Leffal, obferving to bury the Turf as much 
as poflible; or it may firft be pared thinly off, beforethe Earth 
is digged, and afterwards mix’d with Difcretion. ‘The Mould . 
thus prepared muft be turn’d oncea Mouth till Offober, at which 
Time it will be fit for Ufe. If your Land be of the Clay Kind, 
mix Drift Sand or Sea-Coal Ajbes with your Mould, to prevent 
its being converted to the Natzve Soil, viz. Clay. 
It is almoft impoffible to exprefs, how agreeable this Com- 
poftis to the Roots of young Trees; therefore the more you can 
afford them, the better ’tis for their future Growth and Pro- 
{perity. 
To plant Fruit-Trees in a /iiff Clay, &c. proceed as 
follows : | a 
Firft, Dip your Holes four or jive Foot fguare, and about 
twenty Inches or two Foot deep ; carry away the native Earth, 
and fill up the Holes ‘with good Mould and Dung well rotted, 
and mix’d together; or if you have Plenty of the foregoing 
Compoft to ufe that inftead, ’ewill add much to their Growth, 
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