- 0 Fruits are ripening at this Seafon ; nor 
have we left the Gardener undireéted in 
any Article of preferving thofe of the Autumnal 
Kinds which may be fav’d for Winter Service. 
All that remains therefore, is the Management of — 
the Ground; and of that little is-to be faid, for | not naturally a worfe, tho’ none is. better when 
| well prepar’d: if this be the Cafe in our Gar- 
| dener’s bs) ruit-Tree Bor ders, let him improve | it 
| thus : 
Leifure, and recolleéts the Hurry of his Bufinefs ie 
little can be done in fuch Weather as cufually at- 
tends this Seafon. : | 
Let the careful Gardener, who fees his prefent 
in the fucceeding Spring, prepare himfelf for it, 
by placing every ie in Readinefs, 
Let him confider in what Part of the Garden. | 
ot Orchard new Trees may be introduc’d to Ad- 
-yantage in Spring; 
and’ park the Place by a good Digging. — 
Let him, in a mild Day, throw up the Earth, 
in thefe Spots, two Spade deep, and lay it in two 
in each of thofe Spots. . 
Let him then fee that his new- -planted Trees keep | 
- fecure ; that their Stakes. do not tock, nor their 
freee: ftart from the Wall; and wherever. he 
has laid any. thing. by way = Proteétion to- the 
Roots, let him mind. that it keep its Place. 
Let. him, in. the worft Days, fee that his Sead 
and Roots .are in. perfeét Order for fowing and 
planting in the Spring, and that all his ‘Fools be 
in. good Condition.; and. let him look i into his. Fruit- 
Room daily. 
If any Pear or Apple begin to decay, let it be 
taken away: if he {fmell Mouldinefs in any Par- 
cel, let him fearch the Caufe, and remove it : ; and, 
in the extreme fevere Weather, throw Straw over 
thofe which lie upon the Ground, or upon 
Shelves. 
Nothing difcovers the Nature of a Soil more 
than Froft ; and let the Gardener take this Oppor- 
tunity of obferving the true Condition of the 
Ground in his Borders where Fruit-Trees ftand, 
and prepare for the Improvement. 
Ft knows little of his Art, who éan fappofe 
- one Manure will fuit all Soils; but this is. too 
common an Error, in Practice at leaft, if not in 
Judgment; and to this itis owing that a Fruit- 
Gatien ill made at firft, gener ally erows yearly 
worle. 
Every Piece of Ground has its peculiar Quali- 
ties, and every Soil its appropriated Manure, or. 
Matter of Improvement. 
3 
; and at once prepare the Ground. ! 0 
able Practice, : 
Clay i is a common Soil | in England, and there is 
Let him es, in a good Quantity of River. 
Sand ; about one fourth Part as much, Goal- afhes, . 
and as much Pond- Mud : 
- tkreen’d together; not to make them very fine, 
‘let thefe be br oke and 
| but to mix their feveral. Parts. 
‘Then let. ‘a good Quantity. a the pte Soil 
be calcin’ ‘dor burn’d uponfome Wood, till it. will _ 
crumble. to Powder ; bring. on this with the Athes 
a. the Wood, and mix it with the reft: fpread 
Ridges, to mellow with the Froft; and let him | 
note pict in his Book what Tree he intends to plant | 
‘this evenly over the Border ; and;.if the Trees. be . 
| new-planted, dig it in with the Spa ; if-other- 
| wife, with the shcesepehsc'd Fork. . 
‘This, .at» one Drefling, converts ‘the tough, 
barren, and cold Clay, into. a mellow, rich; and 
warm loamy Earth; than which none is fitter for 
| the. generality of Fruit-Trees, 
_ The hazely’ Mould, in which we find thein 
| thrive beft of all, is not unlike this artifical Mix- 
ture. Nothing fupports a Tree like Toughnefs 
in the Soil ; iat this prevents the Roots from 
fpreading, -The-Ingredients here dire@ted to be ~ 
added, break and loofen its Parts to give them 
free Paffage, without atroying.| its valuable natu- 
ral Quality. , | 
On the contrary, when the Earth ig naturally 
-loofe and fandy, bring on Clay as an Improve- 
ment. ‘This I have ane fucceed beft when a 
‘little burnt; but not calcin’d to the Degree we 
have directed on the preceding Occafion. 
One great Fault in thefe Soils is, that the Wa- 
ter runs “off too quick; and nothing remedies that 
fo effectually, as giving a Bocce of this half- 
burnt Clay. The Soil fhould be taken out two 
Spade deep for this Purpofe, and the Clay laid in 
a Spade Depth, but not ram’d; over this muit 
be thrown in the Soil again, improv’d by the 
Addition of tl 1e Clay,. with fome Pond-M ud ape 
Pigeons Dung, 
This will prepare. a Border, in either of thefe 
Soils, fit for planting in February; or in an old 
one, the fame Ingredients dug in as we have di- 
rected, will improve its very Nature. 
Thefe 
