~ June.» 
, produced the " Bipalier’, 
OF GARDENING 
If the Soil be naturally tough and clayey, it. 
-———— will be neceffary to throw in at “the Bottom fome 
Rubbifh, or Brickbats, to carry off the Wet; 
_and on the other hand, if the Bottom be naturally 
too loofe and open, it will be advifeable, at a 
due Depth, to lay in fome Clay to prevent the 
Moifture from running off from the Roots too 
faft. In either Cafe the Mould fhould be dug 
out a Spade and half deep; and the Bottom be- 
ing made according to the Nature of the Ground, 
the Compoft fhould be laid in, and raifed Sie 
Inches above the common Level: © | 
This fhould be made in the following Mowe 
ner: take up fome rich Pafture Mould with the 
Turf, and. add to every Load of it two Bufhels. 
of Pigeon’s Dung, one Bufhel of Lime, and one 
and a half of Wood Soot. | 
- Let thefe be well mix’d together by frequent 
Turnings ;.and when the Turf is all rotted a- 
mong the Ingredients, it will be fit to ufe. | 
The proper Depth of this in the Border is a 
Spade and half below the Surface, and about 
eight Inches above it; but this muft be more or 
 lefs. according. to the Nature of the Ground: the 
moifter the Place is, the higher the Border muft 
be raifed; for a great Article 3 is keeping the Roots 
dry, at 
One Thing more is of Importance, which is 
the preventing their rooting too deep; and this 
will be effectually done by the Bottoms we < 
order’d to be laid in, which ever kind is ufed. 
Thus, mutch being underftood, the “ie oa 
vill know what he is to do, and what to expeét 
in’ his. planting of Fruit Trees: and thefe Prepa- 
rations being. made, we fhall in. the. fucceeding 
Weeks inform him what he is to do farther. 
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ET the Gardener continue this Week the 
‘Management of all Wall and Efpalier Trees, 
as directed in the preceding Numbers, rubbing off 
thofe Shoots that appear in wrong Places; and 
training thofe to the Wall, or Rail, that come out 
in a proper Direétion. They will thus be pre- 
vented from fhading the F ruit too much, and all 
= go on regularly. | 
In “the Wall Trees there fhould be little Vio- 
lence ufed with them: at prefent, long Loops, and 
‘loofe nailing will be.fufficient; and they may be 
techiced more perfectly to-order afterwards, . 
In. the Efpaliers, inftead .of Ofer Twigs, the 
beft binding is Bafs foaked in Water; and the 
tying fhould be loofe at prefent, and brought tighter 
afterwards. 
' By this Management of the Kisaniet the Fruit 
will ripen upon it very well; and of whatever 
Kind it is, the free Paffage of the Air between 
the Branches will give it the true Flavour of its 
Kind. : 
The original of the Efpalier was on this Ac- 
count: Fruit Trees, whofe Branches naturally 
hang down, were found much injured by their 
galling each other; and as they in this Kind of 
Growth crowded, and hung over one another, 
the Fruit was little in Cuantiy, and ill tafted. 
This put judicious Gardeners in mind of give- 
ing fuch Boughs a Support, and that siatucillly 
for a regular Frame- 
work was better fuited to this Pirate than any 
other Form; and Trees fo fupported, made a 
kind of Hedge that look’d agreeable, and took 
up little Room in the Garden, while it feparated 
the Walks and Quarters, and produced excellent 
Fruit. 
This Origin of the Contrivance let the Gar- 
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_ are as fit for E-fpaliers as for Walls. 
| always be train’d to thefe, that the Walls may be 
g PR As 
or ‘the FRUIT-GARDEN, 
deners always remember ; and he will manage his 
Trees, of whatfoever Kind, properly. 
Branches kept at due Diftance, and well fup- 
‘ported, have all the Advantage requifite to’ many 
Kinds of Fruit: they have Diftance, Sun and 
Air ; and whatever Species require nothing more, 
They fhould 
referved for thofe Kinds, which being Natives of 
warmer Climates, require more Heat. 
We have mention’d fome | befide the common 
The fitteft Pears foe ions are shofe upon 
Quince Stocks. They fhould be raifed with a 
double Stem. and their Branches, as they will 
this Way have no great Length, may be the 
more numerous: but if any of them fhoot to a 
greater Length than half the Diftance between the 
Stems before they bear, it will in that Cafe be 
beft to reduce the Tree to one Stem. | 
It will be always an Advantage to the young 
Efpaliers, to let the Trees loofe from the Frame 
toward Winter, that they may have the Benefit 
of thorough Air, and of the Dews, before the 
Time of pruning and fattening up again. 
Apples for Efpaliers fhould Be propagated upon 
Paradife, Creeper, or Codling Stocks; thofe on 
Crab Stocks are altogether improper for this Ser- 
vice. 
Filberds make a very good Efpalier, and they 
will bear to be planted clofer than the other 
Kinds. 
They no way produce their Fruit in greater 
Perfection. 
SECT. 
June. 
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