O® GARDENING 
SII ame NR ree aera 
Sept. 
The Holes being opened to a confiderable 
{ eee Breadth, and the Mould very well broke at the 
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fecure during the Winter. 
cal the old Turf being removed, 
Parcel be laid round each Eyles 
will require no more, Care befide occafionally 
State for pruning. | a 
Words here. 
though large ones may be removed in many 
nor continue fo long as thofe Sign ge at a ee 
Bottom, let the young Trees be brought in, 
their Roots trim’d, and the Mould laid about 
them with Care. This we have direéted at large 
before. : 
Let a firm Stake be driven into the Ground 
by each, and let the Stem of the young Tree be 
tied up to it in two or three Places with a Hay- 
band ; then give a very good. Watering. Lay 
fome thick Turf round about the Stem, with the 
gtafly Side downward, and thus they will remain 
Early in Spring let the Ground be plowed deep ; 
let a frefh 
After this they 
plowing up the Ground, till they are grown ‘to a 
Of this we have treated : at t large, but it may 
not be amifs+to recapitulate the Matter in a few 
The Trees mutt be brought in young ; for 
Kinds, yet ihe’ Expence is mich greater; and the 
Advantage lefs: for they will not. beat fo well, 
Growth. : 
Care fhould be taken that they dre’ broth 
San a Ground that is not too rich, for in that | 
cafe they would have a Check from the poorer 
Quality of the Orchard Soil, very <sigchoat to be 
recovered. 
The Pruning will confit chiefly in cutting out 
dead Branches ; and clearing the Head where it 
happens to be encumbered by too many growing 
together. 
_ When it happens that two crofs one another, | 
that which can beft be fpared muft be removed; 
for they would otherwife gall one cue. and 
both would be fpoiled. — 
This is the whole Syftem age pruning Sends ; 
Fruit Trees; for when their Branches are fhorten- | 
ed, it only fpoils the Heads, and throws out ufe- 
Jefs Wood. 
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EHSL ISIS IAI IIHS LISI NHI HCH 
-two or three Years 
directed, 
ee te ec 
The Orchard managed in this Manner will fup- 
port itfeif without farther Expence: if the Soil 
be tolerably good; it will require no Addition of 
Manure. , | | 
It is cuftomary oh other Occafions; orice in 
‘to refrefh the Ground with 
Dung; but, in general, ‘the repeated Plowings 
anfwer that Purpofe at a {maller Expence, and 
the Fruit is certain to be better tafted. If it hap- 
pen that there appear a Want of Refrefhment, 
it will be beft given in Spring, and an equal 
Quantity of Soot and Hogs Dung, is preferable 
to any other Addition. A fetal Pont: of this 
will anfwer for a great deal of Ground, and it 
mutt be (cattered on jut before ofie of the Plow- 
ings. 
_ When Trees of afer Growths are planted 
in. the fame Orchatd, it is a good Rule to place 
thofe fartheft back which will out-grow the reit, 
and the others gradually forward; all will then 
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Septe. 
thrive 5, and what would » in a promifcuous rigis. , 
tation have been an Occafion of’ great Irregula- 
rity, will thus be a patticular Beauty. 
If any Tree or Trees in 4. Plantation rhade 
with this Regularity, do not bear {6 well as 
the reft, or fo well as thight reafonably be ex- 
pected, fpread a little Manure, ftich as we have 
round the Stem every Way to ten 
Foot Diftance : if this does ‘not anfwer the Pur- 
pofe, examine whether the Ground be patticu- 
larly damp in that Place; and if it be; open a 
Trench to let off the Wet: if this be not the 
| Cafe, examine whether the Tree be not planted 
too deep ; if that appear to be the Caufe, raife 
it, and pare away the Ground till it be no 
more covered than it ought to be; ; that is, till 
the upper Roots are within an Inch of the Sur- - 
face. 
Af -thig does not sat olee. thin hee Head by 
cutting away fuch Boughs as fhade or crowd upon. 
one another. Oné or more of thefe Methods 
will certainly remedy the Mifchief, 
Thus is an Orchatd_ to be planted and kept 
in order. 
Je HAS? IV. | 
Of the KITCGHEN-GARDEN. 
have only the Kitchen Ground to lay out 
before we come to that interefting and important 
Article; the Difpofition and Form of the Pleafure 
Garden. 
No Family in the Country thould bi without 
a Kitchen Garden, whether or not they have any — 
other: and the Succefs of this, and all i its Crops; 
YAHE Seminary and Orchard confidered, we 
will in a vet'y great meafure depétid tipon a due 
Choice of the Piece of Ground: Where the other 
Patts of a Garden are large, this fhould preferve 
its Propottion ; for there is a Merit in the Cor- 
réfponidence of one Pait of the Ground with 
another; afid larger Families need more Sup- 
plies. | 
bow Shape of the Piece of Ground allotted for 
this 
