ASPECT. 



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In exposed situations where the walls are 

 not flued, neither have the benefit of woollen 

 nets for protection, ( See Chapter on protecting 

 the bloom of wall trees) never plant any sort of 

 fruit tree that blooms early in the Spring 

 against an east Aspect, as on that Aspect 

 early bloom is very liable to be injured and 

 destroyed by frost and cold winds. 



As no one arrangement of wall trees will 

 equally apply to all situations, I shall state 

 what sorts will prosper well upon each As- 

 pect, in a situation as elevated and cold as 

 that at which I have the management of fruit 

 trees, and which is as high above the level 

 of the sea, as most gardens in the kingdom, 

 also much exposed. Where the situation is 

 different, the Aspect of a tree may be varied 

 accordingly . Apples, Morella and May Duke 

 Cherries, with any of the late blooming 

 kinds of Plums, against an east Aspect; 

 Pears, Apples, Cherries, and Plums, against 

 the west Aspect; some of the choicest early 

 kinds of Pears and Plums, against a south 

 Aspect; Peaches, Nectarines, Figs, Vines, 

 and Apricots, against a south Aspect. On 

 a north Aspect plant Magnum Bonum and 

 Wine Sour Plums, also Morella Cherries. 



Where there is a great extent of wall, it 

 is advisable to plant trees of the same kinds, 

 against different Aspects. Such as one or 

 two May Duke Cherries against a south As- 

 pect, which will ripen earliest, next against 



