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ORCHARD. 
ing to the quantity of fruit Letleas or the proportion of 
ground that is fit for the purpofe. eft form is that 
of the a where it can be had, but other forms anfwer 
very 
peer —This is effeGted in different ways; but the 
beft method is, probably, before planting the trees, to 
and ten feet broa h 
when it is laid in the bottom i in trenching, which it venanally 
is, it will be very apt to breed grubs, which do much mif- 
chief. In bad fhingly or gravelly foils, he secommnenl that 
holes fhould be dug at leaft three feet deep, and filled up 
with good mould: if mixed uP with rotten dung, rotten 
leaves, or other a the trees will in time amply repa 
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: the dung — ce this delay fhould be that 
mber be the mould 
only dig holes large enough to receive the roots, 2d acne 
in grafs-ground, which is to be continued fo. Others pre- 
pare the ground by Md ploughing, if the orchard is to be 
e {ward, if pafture, fhould be ploughed 
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given it, or three times, which wi 
the turf. A fortnight or three weeks before planting, it 
ould have a good d loughing, to prepare it for the 
reception of the trees. In Kent, and f r hop 
diftriéts, they prepare their orchard-ground, by the Seabee 
of hops upon it with the yee by which they a 
will be a more fit feafon 
when planted too thick, are 2 very liable to blights, and to 
covered with mofs, which robs them of a great part of their 
nourifhment, befides fpoiling the flavour of the fruit. The 
diftance rise be regulated by the nature of the orchard in 
a great degre 
igh fs Trees.—In providing the trees, it is a good 
ice to procure them from a foil nearly fimilar to, or 
pice worfe than, that where they are intended to be planted ; 
as trees tranfplanted from a rich foil to a 
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are extenfive, and a great variety of fruit nece 
— Hing the Trees. —With regard to the aieper diftance 
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of planting the trees, it fhould be regulated by the na 
tural growth or f{preading of them when fully grown, as 
well as the natur e and Siem of the foil. It was 
ormerly th t narrow diftances ; 
eek in the ee feafon, which will in a great pie 
rom anging upon them, and hinder- 
ing the due sichesie ef the fruit. 
of planting or putting them into the. ground, 
gr on care fe fhould be taken that they are not put in to too 
great a depth, as where that is hae cafe they are in great dan- 
er of being deftroyed. It is alfo neceflary that a bed of 
ne good mould be provided fon them, and that it be care- 
fully put in with them, fo as to be properly infinuated among 
the fibres of the roots, and afford them due fupport ; the 
whole being carefully trodden round the plants in finifhing 
the bufnefs. Upon a being performed in a p pee and 
erfe& manner. sade ung trees afterwards kept per 
Feélly fteady by fitable fappors the fuccefs of the lanter 
ina ha meafure depen 
Where the sna are planted? in the quincunx order, and at 
the diflance of eighty feet, Mr. Forfyth fays, on ground 
bet ween the rows ee be oh ar h_ wheat, 
turnips, &c. plan 
land ne wit 
loofened or blown ean by ee e win 
i ’ a it A ove drys ~ turf 
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well, this need not be repeated, as they will be out of dan- 
firft year. Theturf fhould be par as far as the roots 
of the trees are fuppofed to extend ; when it is rotted, 
it fhould be dug in, which will be of peer fervice to their 
roots. 
Such trees as are of very different fizes when full grown, 
fhould not be planted promifcuoufly ; but, if the foil be pro- 
perly adapted, the larger planted in the back parts or higher 
grounds, or at the north end of the rows, i they run ee 
un weed a once in 
apes r three years wi rt of good manure, as this 
s of cach advantage in enfin them fruitful and pro- 
uctiv 
The ftems of the trees in thofe where cattle feed, fhonld 
be high enough to prevent their eating the lower branches ; 
and fenced in fuch a manner as to prevent their bai barked, 
or injured by the cattle baa againft them, particularly 
when young; which m done by triangles of wood, 
or the trees may be buthe d with thorns. 
But in orcharde where cattle are not permitted to go, Mr, 
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