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FIrst moistnesse, so that the seedes or stumpe be moist and greene.
Secondly a conuenient place, which hath such earth as will lightly be rubbed to pouder, and that the sunne may come to it: for where there is filthy lome▪ a leane ground, or fandie, or drie burnd, or salt ground, there is nothing good to be planted, to haue anie continuance: Neuerthelesse where the
ground is leane, there you must giue him more dung. In a fat ground not so much. You must take heede, that the ground be not too moist nor to drie. You must not mucke the trees with hogs dung.
Thirdly, A mediate water or nourishing moyst∣nes, therfore be those orchards best which are scitu∣ated between two waters, for those that are placed by a waterside, remaine still yoong and fruitfull, and haue commonly the barke smoother and thin∣ner than the others. And those trees are more fruit∣full than others which are planted in a valley, or in the lower part of a deepe hill: for from those hiis may come to them nourishment and moistnesse, and the ground which is so scituated, is much fruitfull: but he that can not get for his trees such a ground, must with all diligence seeke, if he may bring to his trees a little spring or pond, of which the trees may sometimes finde some reuiuing, and if you may not haue any of those, and haue a garden, who by it self is naught: the trees will grow with thicke rootes, which hindereth the growing of them, and drieth them at length.
Fourthly, The aire is required, which must be agreeable to them, and of complexion to beare, for there be some trees that doe prosper in all aires: to wit, apple and peare, cherrie and plumtrees. Some will haue a cold aire, to wit chesse-nut trees: and some a very warme aire, as the palme and peper∣trees: therefore they be rare with vs. That plant which hath these foure things shall prosper: and if they want one or more of these foure thinges, they will decay and their prospering perish.