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in my Garden, where no Cattle comes, I have 
planted over its Roots Rows of Currants and 
Goofeberries, and by manuring, hoeing and 
cleaning the fame Ground, the Tree Roots are 
kept (haded and moift, and the Currants and 
Goofeberries kept longer from ripening, than if 
they grew in the open Air 3 which is deemed a 
neceffary Conveniency, becaufe, by this Ma- 
nagement, thefe Fruit may be enjoyed in Per- 
fection, when thofe Bufhes that itand in the 
open Air have been cleared for fome Time of 
their ripe Fruit. And though it may be ob- 
jected, that fuch Currants and Goofeberry Buihes, 
for maintaining their Growth, draw much Ver- 
tue out of the Earth, and thus impoveriih the 
Apple-Tree Roots over which they grow: To 
this I anfwer, that this is a wrong Notion ; 
for that thefe Bufhes fo well cover the Ground, 
as to prevent the Sun's exhaling the fertile Qua- 
lity of it ; and alfo thus keeps the Earth in fuch 
a loofe Texture, that, with the Affiftance of 
manuring it once a Year, and hand-hoeing it 
now and then, the Surface Ground is always 
kept in a rich thriving Condition, to the great 
Improvement of the Apple or Pear-Tree, and 
its Fruit. 
A certain Author remarks, that moift Ground 
produces the larged: of Fruits, but that they are 
not fo pleafant to the Eye, nor fo well tailed 
as thofe that grow on dry and warm Ground,, 
He that doth obferve a dry and moiil Year, 
{•he lays) will prefently difcern this Difference 
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