TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND 



interior parts of the orchard. Walnut and Chefnut trees, as 

 has been already obferved, are well adapted for this pupofe. 



As to the fize of an orchard, it may be from one to twenty 

 acres, or more, according to the quantity of fruit wanted, or 

 the quantity of ground that you may have fit for the purpofe. 



That foil which produces good crops of corn, grafs, or 

 garden vegetables, will alio do for an orchard ; but a loamy 

 foil is to be preferred ; though any of a good quality, not too 

 light or dry, nor wet, heavy, or ftubborn, but of a moderately 

 fort and pliant nature, will be found to anfwer the end. 

 Shingly and gravelly foils difagree very much with fruit-trees, 

 unlets there be loam intermixed *. They will fucceed much 

 better on a chalk bottom. On fuch a foil, I have feen roots 

 twelve feet deep, and trees thrive well. If the bottom be clay, 

 the roots lhould be cut-in once in four years, to prevent them 

 from penetrating the clay, which would greatly injure the 

 trees. The foil lhould be from two to three feet deep ; be- 

 fore planting the trees, it fhould be trenched two fpits deep, 

 ; and ten feet broad where the rows are to be planted, and a 

 fpit below loofened, unlefs it be clay, which lhould be trodden 

 down. If .it be pafture ground, it lhould be ploughed, and well 

 .fu miner- fallowed, till the grafs be killed, otherwife when it is 

 laid in the bottom in trenching, which it generally is, it will 

 be very apt to breed grubs, which will do much mifchief. 



* Wbere no better is to be had, the holes fhould be dug at leaft three feet deep, and 

 tfilled up with good miould if mixed up with rotten dung, rotten sleaves, or other 

 manure, the trees will in time amply repay the expence : the dung ufed for this purpofe 

 fhould be .that from the Melon and Cucumber beds, mixed with the mould from the 

 'fame, when the beds are broken up in Autumn, or Winter 5 it fhould be laid up in 

 :heaps, and continue fo for one year at leaf! ; but lhould bejrecruenlly turned and hay© 

 ;fome good .frefh mould mixed with it. 



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