

TO OF A NURSERY. SECT. VI. 



'The/oil of a nurfery mould be dry, free and in 

 heart; but not much enriched with dung, left a rank- 

 ne Is of food give too great a freedom bi growth, and a 

 habit in the plants, which not being indulged by a like 

 foil afterwards, difappointments enfue. A dungy foil 

 alfo encourages worms and infe£ts, to the injury of 

 feedlings, and makes young plants more liable to be 

 cut off in a fharp winter; too rank a foil, alfo, prevents 

 the juices of plants from being properly digefted, and 

 lo they are lefs fruitful. 



On ground defigned to be fown, or planted in 

 fprmg, if it needs refrefhing, lay on a little well con- 

 fumed dung towards winter. See page 46. 



A nurfery fhould be laid out into fads 1 of about four 

 feet wide, with alleys of about two; and thus all the 

 work of it wrll be done conveniently, and the plants 

 will have free v air to ftrengthen them. In the alleys 

 may be buried fome dung, which will be at hand, and 

 ufefu^, when confumed by time and turning over, to 

 drefs the beds as they may need it. 



Stocks for grafting fruit; are raifed from fuckers of 

 plumbs, cherries, codlins, crabs, pears and quinces ; 

 and fometimes from cuttings of codlins and quinces ; but 

 thofe flocks raifed from feeds and jloncs are much beft 

 if we confult freedom of growth. If fucker ftocks 

 grow ever fo well, they are apt to put forth fuckers, 

 which is not only a troublcfome circumftance, but 

 exhaudsa tree, and prevents fruitfulnefs. It is to be 

 umlerftood, that the grajf will (in fome meafure) partake 

 of the nature of the Jock; therefore foft, mealy fruit, 

 ought to be propagated on auftere Hocks, and the con- 

 trary; tender, delicious fruits defigned fgr forcing, 

 fhould always be on (mart flavoured ilocks, or they 

 become infipid. 



Though crab flocks for apples arc moftly ufed, yet 

 the ripe' black feeds of any other [mart eating apple 

 maybe fown, either in autumn or fpring. Sow in 

 autumn, (Oclober or November J, and if this lowing fails, 



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