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Rows of Walnut-Trees, thicker than is ufually 
done on other Accounts, to preferve the Or- 
chard from the cold Northern Air. — Some are 
for planting a Defence on the Weft- fide, to 
proted: them from the briik autumnal Winds* 
that blow down the Fruit before ripe. — Within 
this Orchard, on the North -fide, let the firft 
Row’s of Pear-Trees, or fuch other Trees as 
you know are apt to grow tailed:, and the reft 
Southward as they increafe in Height, as near 
as you can judge; for fo fhall all your Trees 
{hare in a great meafure of the South Sun, and 
will be lefs liable to receive Damage from the 
Northern Cold. 
Wet Land ’ how to order it for planting 
Fruit-tfrees on the fame . — If your Land lies 
very flat, that Waters are apt to ftand and ftag- 
nate on the fame ; or that it be a {hallow Soil, 
you may much help it by plowing ; that is 
to fay, by plowing it every time one W ay, and 
at every plowing to gather or ridge it up, in 
order to raife the Middle or Ridge Part of each 
broad Land as high as it is neceffary. The 
wetter the Land lies, the higher mu ft the 
Ridge Part be raifed, which will alfo thicken 
the fame more and more at each Plowing, and 
make the Land lie on each Side the Ridge with 
the fbarper Defcent for carrying off the Water 
with the quicker Fall into the Water-Furrows 
between each broad Land, whofe Breadth muft 
be according to the Pleafure of the Land - Owner, 
if they have not been ridged broad Lands for 
