62 THE CULTURE 



filkvvorms till the fecond time of their bud- 

 dins: after it, both becaiife the leaves would 

 be too tender and unwholiome for the 

 worms, and alfo the life of the tree en- 

 dangered by it. 



The black mulberry-trees, which are 

 kept for the fake of their fruit, will re- 

 quire the foregoing culture, when they 

 become fo fuperannuated that the berries 

 grow fmall, and ripen ill, as is the cafe of 

 many trees in cool climates, where people 

 complain of the mulberries not coming to 

 perfection, yet ufe no culture to perfe6t 

 them ; and befides this, even young trees 

 fhould have the ground about their roots 

 dug, opened, and enriched with manure, 

 in order to make them bear well, and to 

 make young plants bear the fooner, they 

 Ihould have been grafted or inoculated 

 from a good kind. 



The ripe black mulberries would, I be- 

 lieve, make a moft rich and delicate wine, 

 could they be gathered in fufficient quanti- 

 ties at once, but they feldom ripen toge- 

 ther, therefore it would be necelTary to 

 have a great many trees, in order to have 

 quantities worth preffing, for when full 

 ripe, they will fcarce keep abo\^ one day 



wfthouS 



