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not too long and weak, keep them under cover a little 

 longer. Give them a sunny situation against a wall, 

 for regular and timely training, or support them by 

 sticks. They take up much room, and in rows 

 should be three yards asunder. If planted out upon 

 holes of hot dung, it would help their speedy root- 

 ing, and forward them much for ripening their fruit, 

 which in bad seasons they sometimes fail in. They 

 require much water in dry weather. 



WORMWOOD is a useful medicinal herb ; and com- 

 mon as it is in many places, in others it is not to be 

 met with wild. Besides the common, there is a Ro- 

 man wormwood both are efficacious ; some prefer- 

 ring the one, some the other. They are commonly 

 raised from slips and cuttings, in any of the summer 

 jnonths, or from seed sown in spring. 



SECTION XVII. 



QF FRUITS. 



.1 HERE is a variety (and of some a great one) of 

 each kind of fruit, and the difference of tastes makes 

 it impossible to pronounce upon their particular 

 merits. With respect to fruit, there are provincial 

 prejudices in favour of some, and of apples in par- 

 ticular ; so that in one county, a sort shall be gene- 

 rally known and admired, and in another, not be 

 heard of. 



In assisting the young gardener in his choice of 

 the principal fruits, only a few sorts will be named ; 

 such as have obtained almost an universal credit. 



