i 6 The Englijh Gardner. 
(hadowed : Let not your Apple or Pear-Trees ftand nearer 
t han twenty foot,although the ground be poor, but in good 
ground twenty five,thirty,or forty foot afunder,andinfo do- 
in g one Tree will be as good as two or three sbut if any {hall 
th ink this diftance too much, then they may plant Cherries 
and Plumb-Trees amongft, I mean a Cherry or Plumb-Tree 
between every four Apple or Pear-Trees, which of fome is 
call’d Antick s the form of it is exprefled in the foregoing 
Plate. And if you would have your Trees ftand on borders, 
you are to make them before you plant, left your Trees 
fhould ftand too deep, which in all forts of grounds is no fmall 
faults take notice, that if you obferve this order,your Cher¬ 
ry-Trees will bepaft the beft in twenty years time,or there¬ 
about, which if they be then ftock’d up, your Apple-Tree 
will be in a very handfom pofture, whereby they will thrive 
and bear the better s if your ground be very wet, it will be 
worth your labour to make fome fufficient Drains to 
draw the water to fome Pond or Ditch, or atleaft to make 
your borders whereon you plant both wider and higher s alfo 
if your ground be not good or rich of it felf it will be your 
beft courfe to beftow a quantity of good mould to every tree, 
more or left,as the nature of the ground requires 5 for if it be 
gravelly,hard,or ftony,or the like, you are to make the holes 
the wider,Ik beftow the n/ore mould upon them,for according 
to thegoodneft of your ground,or coft you beftow,you may 
expeft your profit: Take notice that dung is not good to lay 
next the roots of your Trees,except it be converted to mould, 
but then it isfoetter being mix’d with your earth than alone. 
You are alfo to prime both tops and roots of every tree you 
plant,in fo doing your Trees will multiply both branches and 
roots,which indeed is the main end of pruning, the neglefb 
whereof doth fometimes occafion the loft of your Trees,or at 
Ieaft of the not thriving fo well, or fpeedily s if your Trees 
be fmalfand are well rooted,then you may top them the left, 
but if of a confiderable fize, take off the more of his 
head, there will be, the left danger of mifoarriages and in 
planting. 
