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A49578 The compleat gard'ner, or, Directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit-gardens and kitchen-gardens with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry, in six books : to which is added, his treatise of orange-trees, with the raising of melons, omitted in the French editions / by the famous Monsr De La Quintinye ... ; made English by John Evelyn ... ; illustrated with copper plates.; Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers. English La Quintinie, Jean de, 1626-1688.; Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. 1693 (1693) Wing L431; ESTC R212118 799,915 521

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section_n ix_o of_o fallow_a earth_n these_o term_n of_o fallow_n or_o earth_n that_o lie_v at_o rest_n and_o unemployed_a intimate_a that_o the_o ground_n sometime_o want_v rest_n thereby_o to_o be_v recover_v or_o reinforce_v whether_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n and_o more_o particular_o the_o rain_n cause_n that_o useful_a reparation_n as_o certain_o they_o contribute_v much_o to_o it_o or_o rather_o whether_o those_o earth_n have_v in_o themselves_o a_o fund_z of_o natural_a fruitfulness_n with_o a_o faculty_n not_o indeed_o to_o render_v that_o fruitfulness_n undrainable_a but_o to_o re-establish_a it_o and_o produce_v it_o again_o when_o after_o have_v be_v impair_v by_o continual_a production_n we_o let_v it_o lie_v fallow_a for_o some_o time_n as_o if_o we_o do_v abandon_v it_o to_o its_o own_o discretion_n and_o judge_v it_o