The Traciicai Kitchen Gardiner. i 



for fruits and legumes of all kinds; 

 and about and for which, there have 

 been arguments, and many long and 

 learned difcourfes, and very curious and 

 elaborate preparations fet down, but the 

 kitchen is of fo extenfive a nature, that 

 tho* we may indulge our felves on ac- 

 count of the fruits, yet wc muft be con- 

 tent with almofl: what foil we can find, 

 with very little emendation befides that 

 of the ftable and the fpade j on which 

 account, after ail that has been faid as 

 to fituation and foil, the owner Choald 

 choofe a good warm place, where the 

 foil is deep and clear, tho' it be de- 

 tach'd and fet apart at fome diftance 

 from the manfion houfe, efpecially near 

 or adjoining to water, which of all o- 

 thers is a canfideration that ought to 

 have great weight widi it $ as will more 

 amply appear in the next chapter. 



Long experience has taught us, and 0/ >.</ \n 

 we have a confirmation of it from th^ 

 * learned Eery tins ^ and /^'rg-/7 confirmsy^^^e/ 

 the fame, that the blackeft deepefl earth 

 is the proper eft for the fruit and kitchen 



*_Vid. Corn, de Agr'tcult. lib. i. cap. ii. p. 38. 

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B z garden, 



