SECT. III. OF A GARDEN^ . 4ji 



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An orchard may befpokenof here; i. e. a fpot 

 to plant Jiandard fruit trees in, which are forbidden a 

 place in the garden; but it mull not be a fmall fpot. 

 The front row, mould be half flandards, or before 

 thefe may be a row ot dwarfs; obferving to plant the 

 moil: towering forts (in kind) of the full flandards be- 

 hind. The ground fhould be dag thoroughly as- low- 

 as the proper foil is, and if not naturally good, let.it 

 be improved by dung duly rotted, and worked well 

 in a full fpade deep. In a ftrong foil, lime fhould make 

 a part of the manure. If the ground be naturally un- 

 even, it will not be proper to level it, as this would rob 

 the higher parts, and needlefsly enrich the lower. A 

 ftrong cool foil does beft for an orchard, but it rauft not 

 be wet. If it holds up water, it fhould be well drained 

 by deep covered trenches. 



A piece of ground defigned for an orchard, would 

 be greatly improved by firft cultivating it as a kitchen 

 garden for a year or two, manuring well at the time : 

 Or f give it a good tillage; let it have a winter's 

 froft, by deep trenching into high ridges, turned over 

 in fpring, and fummer fallowed. The trees being 

 planted, at proper diflances, the ground may be kept 

 under fome fort of crop, for feveral years to come, 

 with fome annual drefling. In a large orchard, the 

 plough may be ufed for corn, potatoes, carrots r &c» 

 If the foil is poor, frequent opportunity mould be taken 

 to give it a little manure, that there may he proper food 

 prepared for the roots, as f:iey extend: No doubt 

 many orchards would bear mucj better, if the whole 

 ground (as the roots extend far; v^ere before winter dug 

 or ploughed over every fecond, or third year, and 

 are fled, by digging in fome rotten dung, or fprinkling 

 over the whole (when rough dug] foot and pigeon's 

 dung, or that of any other poultry; this will wafh in by 



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