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the latter end of October, or as foon after as cnn be. 

 If the middle of December be pair, February is then the 

 time, though fome gardeners plant all winter, if the 

 weather is open enough at the time to work the 

 ground. March may do, or even [upon a pinchj the 

 beginning of April. 



Wall-trees mould not be older than two years from 

 grafting, or budding. Much difappointment has been 

 -the confequence of planting old trained trees, through 

 their being accuftomed (perhaps) to a contrary foil, or 

 by damage done the roots in taking the trees up ; and 

 thus, inftead of faving time, it has frequently been 16ft, 

 being obliged, (after years) to be replaced with young 

 ones. But if trained trees are to be made ufe of, let 

 them be planted as early, and with as full roots as 

 poffible, and in a right good foil. Except in fine fitua- 

 tions, as to fun, fhelter, and climate, never plant 

 early and late peaches, as the fir ft may be cut off, and 

 the latter not ripen : Oflaber peaches are generally poor 

 fruit much North of London. 



The dijlance to plant, mould be about eight or nine 

 inches horn the wall, and let apricots, peaches, and 

 neclarines be twenty feet afunder, more or lefs, accord- 

 ing to the height of the wall ; though for the fmall 

 early forts fifteen or fixteen feet will do. As the larger 

 cpricots, however, grow freely, and do not well endure 

 the knife, they ought to have twenty-live feet allowed 

 them ; This is for a wall of nine or ten feet high; it 

 higher, the diftance ma)' be lefs, and if lower, the 

 contrary. This room may feem (to fome) too great ; 

 but when trees are planted in too confined a fpace, after 

 a few years it is troublefome to keep them pruned 

 within bounds ; and the cutting they viuft have, makes 

 them run to wood, and thus to become lefs fruitful. 

 Fig-trees require as much room as the apricot, or 

 lathef more, as they grow freely, and are to extend with- 

 out fhortening. Though other trees are belt planted 

 in October, the Fig mould not be till March. 



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