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peaches, and others, must be got when the fruit is 

 ripe. The best way is to put them into fine earth, 

 and keep them there till spring. The earth may 

 he placed in a cellar ; or put into a barrel ; or, a 

 little pit may be made in the ground, and it may 

 be placed there. When the winter breaks up, dig 

 a piece of ground deep and make it rich ; make it 

 very fine ; form it into beds, three feet wide ; draw 

 drills across it at 8 inches distance; make them 

 from two to three inches deep ; put in the seeds 

 pretty thick (for they cost little ;) cover them com- 

 pletely ; tread the earth down upon them ; and 

 then smooth the surface. When the plants come 

 up, thin them to about 3 inches apart ; and keep the 

 ground between them perfectly clean during the 

 summer. Hoe frequently ; but not deep near the 

 plants; for, we are speaking of trees here; and 

 trees do not renew their roots quickly as a cabbage, 

 or a turnip, does. These young trees should be 

 kept, during the first summer, as moist as possible, 

 without watering ; and the way to keep them as 

 moist as possible is to keep the ground perfectly 

 clean, and to hoe it frequently. I cannot help ob- 

 serving here upon an observation of Mr. MAR- 

 SHALL : " as to weeding," says he, " though seed- 

 ling trees must not be smothered, yet some small 

 weeds may be suffered to grow in summer, as they 

 help to shade the plants and keep the ground cool." 

 Mercy on this Gentleman's readers ! Mr. Marshall 

 had not read TTJLL ; if he had, he never would 

 have written this very erroneous sentence. It is 

 the root of the weed that does the mischief. Let 

 there be a rod of ground well set with even " small 

 jeeds," and another rod kept weeded. Let them 

 tdjoin each other. Go, after 15 or 20 days of t!ry 

 weather ; examine the two ; and you will find the 



