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the fpring may be adopted towards the end of February. 

 At thefe times, the well ripened feeds of peacs, or 

 ftones of plums, or cher.ies, may be fown. The 

 lfonesof any fort of plum, (damfons exceptedjproduce 

 itocks for apricots, peaches and neclarines ; and though 

 the white forts are commonly preferred, the red wheat- 

 plumb is excellent for the apricot ; of black plums the 

 mufcle is the belt. 



Thote Jeeds or Jlcnes that are faved early, or are to 

 be kept through the winter for fpring fowing, (which 

 many prefer), fhould be preferved from air in dry 

 fand: Let them be put in a box layer upon layer, three 

 or four courfes, covering the top three inches, and 

 guard againft mice. Nuts, acorns and chefnuts are put 

 in the ground at the fame time, as alfo the feeds of 

 various forts of Jhrubs and feareji tie s. The tenderer 

 forts of fhrubs and trees are indeed belt fown in March, 

 or beginning of April ; and a gentle hot-be:i would 

 be of advantage, to bring up the feeds with cer- 

 tainty. 



The feeds, or kernels of apples and pears may be 

 fown in drills a full inch deep, a toot afunder, and 

 fcattered thinly in them, prefTing the ground a little to 

 them ; or fow at broad cajl. But take care not to ufe 

 the feeds of fruit that has grown on a hollow tree, for 

 they will not vegetate. 



Thejlones of any fruit mould be fown at near two 

 inches depth; and nuts, &c. at three or four. Stones 

 and nuts mull be fet thin, and rather (as of fome advan- 

 tage) the fmall end upwards, for here the (hoot pufhes 

 out, or they may be laid flat. If the beds are fown all 

 over, cover the feed with mould previoufly drawn 

 afide in the alleys; but drills have the neater! appear- 

 ance, and fome little ufe may be made of the fpaces 

 between them the firft year. 



Prepare the beds by digging the foils well to a full 

 foot in depth, and let the furface be made fine: thus 

 will the roots ftrike down freely to prefervethemfelveg 



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