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either an east or west, and lastly against a 

 north Aspect. By observing this method 

 with Cherries and Plums the fruit will ripen 

 in succession, and thus a supply of them is 

 considerably lengthened. Also where there 

 is a great extent of wall, always endeavour 

 to plant together the early blooming fruit 

 trees. For those kinds that bloom earlier by 

 two or three weeks than others, w r ill, through 

 the severity of the weather require some pro- 

 tection, by heating the wall or otherwise, 

 when, if early and late kinds were mixed 

 together, the late sorts which did not require 

 such protection, would be forced by it ; which 

 in bringing out the bloom earlier than its 

 natural season, causes a great deal of trouble 

 ta preserve it, which would not have been 

 occasioned had the bloom been permitted to 

 expand at its natural season. Where the 

 trees have each a separate protection of net- 

 ting, &c. this injury will be avoided. These 

 remarks do not apply so immediately to the 

 southern and warmer parts of this country, 

 as to the colder ones, but a knowledge of the 

 climate in any situation must direct in the 

 adopting suitable means. 



The distance at which fruit trees are to be 

 planted apart, must depend upon the sort of 

 tree, and the height of the wall. For to 

 plant trees at the same distance from each 

 other, although of the same species, but 

 whose habits are materially different, would 



