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to make the Kitchen -garden mould 

 not be level, but high in one Part, 

 and low in another, I would by no 

 means advife the leveling it ; for by 

 this Situation you will have an Ad- 

 vantage which could not be obtained 

 on a perfect Level, which is, the 

 having one Part of dry Ground for 

 early Crops, and the low Part for 

 late Corps, whereby the Kitchen 

 may be the better fupplied through- 

 out the Seafon with the various Sorts 

 of Herbs, Roots, tsfc. And in very 

 dry Seafons, when in the Upper-part 

 of the Garden the Crops will great- 

 ly fufFer with Drought, then the 

 Lower -part will fucceed, and fo 

 *vice <verfa ; but I would by no means 

 direct the choofing a very low moiit 

 Spot of Ground for this Purpofe ; 

 for altho' in fuch Soils Garden-herbs 

 are commonly more vigorous and 

 Jarge in -the Summer- feafon, yet 

 they are feldom fo well tailed or 

 wholfome as thofe which grow up- 

 on a moderate Soil ; and efpecially 

 fince in this Garden your choice 

 Fruits mould be planted, it would 

 be wrong to have a very wet Soil. 



This Garden mould be fully ex- 

 pofed to the Sun, and by no means 

 overlhadow'd with Trees, Build- 

 ings, t$c. which are very injurious 

 to your Kitchen-plants and Fruit- 

 trees ; but if it be defended from 

 the North Wind by a diftant Plan- 

 tation, it will greatly preferve your 

 early Crops in the Spring ; as alfo 

 from the ftrong South-weft Winds, 

 which are very hurtful in Autumn 

 to Fruit and Garden-herbs. 



The Quantity of Ground necef- 

 fary for a Kitchen - garden muft be 

 proportion 1 d to the Largenefs of the 

 Family, or the Quantity of Herbs 

 defired : for a fmall Family, one 

 Acre of Ground may be fufficient ; 

 but for a large Family, there mould 

 not be lefs than three Of-four Acres j 



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becaufc, when the Ground is regu- 

 larly laid out, and planted with Ef- 

 paliers of Fruit-tree?, as will here- 

 after be directed, this Quantity will 

 be found little enough, notwith- 

 standing what fome Perfons have 

 faid on this Head. 



This Ground muft be wall'd 

 round ; and if it can be convenient- 

 ly contrived, fo as to plant both 

 Sides of the Walls, which have good 

 Afpedls, it will be a great Addition 

 to the Quantity of Wall fruit : and 

 thofe Slips of Ground, which are 

 wirhout-fide of the Walls, will be 

 very lifeful for planting of Goof- 

 berrie?, Currans, Strawberries, and 

 fome Sorts of Kitchen plants ; fo that 

 they may be rendered equally ufe- 

 ful with any of the Quarters within 

 the Walls: but thefe Slips mould 

 not be too narrow, left the Fledge 

 or Pale which inclofes them mould 

 made the Borders where the Fruit- 

 trees (land : the leaft Width of thefe 

 Slips lhould be twenty I eet ; but if 

 they are double that, it will be yet 

 better, and the Slips will be more 

 ufeful ; and the Fruit trees will have 

 a larger Scope of good Ground, for 

 their Roots to run. Thefe Walls 

 mould be built about twelve Feet 

 high, which will be a fufficient 

 Height for any Sort of Fruit. If 

 the Soil where' you intend to place 

 your Kitchen- garden be very ftrong, 

 then you ftiould plow or dig it three 

 or four times before you plant any- 

 thing therein ; and if you throw it 

 up in Ridges, to receive the Froft 

 in Winter, it will be of great Ser- 

 vice to meliorate and loo fen its 

 Parts. 



The Manure which is moft proper 

 for fuch Soils, is Sea-coal Ames, and 

 the Clearing of Streets or Ditches, 

 which will render it light much foon- 

 er than any other Dung or Manure ; 

 and the greater the Quantity of 

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