79B JAMAICA. 



ftock, about five or fix Inches above the furface of the ground. If dc- 

 fignedfor dwarfs; but if for ftandards, they fhould be budded fix feet 

 above ground : then with your knife make an hori.zontal cut crofs the 

 rind of the ftock, and from the middle of that cut make a flit down- 

 wards, about two inches in length, lb that it may be in the form of a T; 

 but you muft be careful not to cut too deep, left you wound the ftock ; 

 then having cut off the leaf from the bud, leaving the foot-ftalk re- 

 maining, you fhould make a crofs cut about half an inch below the 

 eye, and with your knife flit off the bud, with part of the wood to it, 

 in form of an efcutchcon. This done, you muft, with your knife, 

 pull off that part of the wood which was taken with the bud, obferving 

 whether the eye of the bud be left to it, or not (for all thofe buds that 

 lofe their eyes in ftripping fliould be thrown away, being good for 

 nothing) ; then, having gently raifed the bark of the ftock where the T 

 incifion was made, with the flat haft of your knife, clear to the wood, 

 you fhould thruft the bud therein, obferving to place it fmooth between 

 the rind and the wood of the ftock, cutting off any part of the rind be- 

 longing to the bud, which may be too long for the flit made in the 

 ftock ; and fo having exaftly fitted the bud to the ftock, you muft tie 

 them clofely round, beginning at the lower part of the flit, and pro- 

 ceeding to the top, taking care that you do not bind round the eye of 

 the bud, which fhould be left open. When the buds have been ino- 

 culated two or three weeks, thofe which remain plump and frefh, you 

 may depend are joined ; and at this time the bandage muft be loofened, 

 which if not done in time, will pinch the ftock, and greatly injure, if 

 not deftroy, the bud. 



The directions 1 fhall infert hereafter, with regard to the tranfporta- 

 tion of plants and fruits from one climate to another, may furnifli hints 

 for the method of packing the fruits of this clafs, when defigned for 

 export. 



The rinds of the orange, and citron which likewife flourifhes here, 

 have many medical virtues; and, when preferred, are applied to a va- 

 riety of culinary ufes; however, the high duties on fuch confeftionary 

 dilcourage their exportation in this form. But the diftilled water ob- 

 tained from their flowers might be made here in large quantity, and 

 grea; perfection, for export, and would anfwcr in point of profit. A 

 perfon fkillcd in this manufaflure might, by varioully blending the 

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