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Chap. IV. 
How they plant an Orchard in the 
Southams of Devonshire ; by the De- 
vonflure Planter and Cyderiji . 
T HE proper Seafon (fays my Correfpoa- 
dent, in his Letter directed to me at 
Gaddejden) is in October, though it may be 
well done later. The Lands being made twen- 
ty Foot wide by the Plow, the Trees fhould 
be exactly planted on the Ridge, or Middle 
Fart of them, at the DiRance of twenty Foot 
each Tree. Thus, in Rows, they will Rand a 
fquare Plantation.— -The Pits or Holes fhould 
be made according to the Size of the Tree- 
Roots, and fomewhat wider, that they may 
have full Liberty to fhoot freely in a ioofe 
Earth. The Holes (hould be alfo made accord- 
ing to the Nature of the Earth in Depth; 
light, dry, thin Ground, eight or ten Inches 
deep ; on deep, wet Land, four or fix Inches. 
As the Holes are making, lay the Top and 
Bottom Earth feparate; when the Trees are to 
be planted, cut off the End of every Root, fo 
far as the Wound runs in being taken up; then, 
if the Land is very deep and wet, put all the 
beR Earth to the Bottom of the Fofs or Hole, 
on which plant the Tree as near the Center as 
you can, laying every P.oot in its proper Place, 
