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larger then of a Garden, would require more coft,which euery one cannot vndergoe- 
and therefore mud wals, or at the bed aquickc fet hedge, is the ordinary and moft vfu- 
all defence it findethalmoft in all places : but withthofc that arc of ability tocom- 
paffefc with bricke or ftone wals, the gaining of ground, and profit ofthefruittrees 
planted there againft, will in fhort time recompenfcthat charge. If you make a doubt 
hotvtobefurcthatyourOrchard walifhall haue fufficient comfort of the Sunne to 
ripen the fruits, in regard thctrecs in the Orchard being fo nigh thereunto, and fo 
high withall, will fo much fhadow the wall, that nothing will ripen well, becaufeit 
will want the comfort of the Sunne : you may follow this rule and aduice, to remedy 
thole inconueniences. Hauing an Orchard containingoneacre of ground, two, three, 
or more, or lefle , walled about , you may fo order ir , by leaning a broad and large 
walkcbetweenethe wall and it, containing twenty or twenty foure foote(or yards if. 
you will) that the wall fhall not be hindered of the Sun, but haue fufficient comfort for 
your trees, notwithftanding the height ofthem , thediflance betweene them and the 
wall being a fufficient fpace for their (hadow to fall into : and by compaffing your Or- 
chard on the infide with a hedge 
(wherein may bee planted all forts 
of low fii rubs or bullies , asRofes, 
Cornellian Cherry trees plaffied 
lo we, Goofeberries, Curran trees, 
or the like) you may enclofeyour 
walke,andkeepebothitand your 
Orchard in better forme and man- 
ner , then if it lay open. For the 
placing of your trees in this Or- 
chard, firft for the wals: Thofe 
fidcs that lye open to the South & 
South weft Sunne, are fittefttobec 
planted with your tendered and 
earlieft fruits, as Apricockes, Pea- 
ches, N edtarius, and May or early 
Cherries : the Eaft , North and 
Weft, for Plums and Quinces , as 
you fhall like beft to place them. 
And for the Orchard it fclfe , the 
ordinary manner is to place them 
without regard of meafure or dif- 
ference , as Pearcs among Ap- 
ples , and Plums among Cherries 
promifeuoufly 5 but fome keepc 
both a diftance and a diuifioo for ... 
euery fort, without intermingling : yet the moft gracefull Orchard containeth them 
all with fome others , fo as they be placed that one doe not hinder or fpoile another ; 
and therefore to deferibey ou the modell of an Orchard , both rare for comelineffe m 
-the proportion, and pleafing forthe profitableneffe ituhevfc, and alfo durable for 
continuance, regard this figure is here placed for your diredton , where you muftob- 
ferue that your trees are here fet in fuch an equall diftance one from another euery 
way & as is fitted forthem,that when they ate grown great, the greater branches fhall 
not gall orrubbe one againft another; for which purpofe twenty or fixteene foot is the 
leaft to be allowed for the diftance euery way of your trees, & being fer in rowes euery 
one in the middle diftance, will be the moft gracefull for the plantation , andbefides, 
glue you way fufficient to paffe through them, to pruine, loppe,or dreffe thero,as need 
Hull require, and may alfo bee brought (if you pleafe) to that gracefull delight, that 
euery alley or diftance may be formed like an arch,thebranchcs of either fide meeting 
to be enterlaced together. Now for the feucrall forts of fruit trees that you (hall place 
in this modell, your beft direction is to fet Damfons,Bullcis, and your taler growing 
’Plums on the outfide, and your lower Plums, Cherries, and Apples on the made , ha- 
urng regat'djthat you place no Peace tree to the Sunward, of any other tree, left ttouer- 
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