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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 167 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of
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Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")
  , a piece of ground enclosed for the purposes of horticulture . The
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term was formerly used in a general way for a garden where herbs and fruit-trees were cultivated, but is now used exclusively for a piece of enclosed ground for fruit-trees only, and particularly for apples,
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pears, plums and cherries .

End of Article: ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")
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