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country, a thing not worthy of a place in a garden. 

 At best, it is only one degree better than a rotten 

 apple. 



314. MELON. See Melon in Chapter IV. 



315. MULBERRY. This tree is raised from 

 cuttings or from layers. See Paragraphs 275 and 

 377. The White-Mulberry, which is the finest, 

 and which the Silk worm feeds on, grows wild, and 

 bears well, at two miles from the spot where I am 

 now writing. 



316. NECTARINE. As to propagation, planting 

 and cultivation, the Nectarine is, in all respects, 

 the same as the peach, which, therefore, see. It 

 is certainly a finer fruit, especially the Violet Nec- 

 tarine ; but, it is not grown, or, but very little, in 

 America. I cannot believe, that there is any in- 

 surmountable obstacle in the way. It is grown in 

 England very well. The White French would 

 certainly do here ; and it is the most beautiful of 

 fruit, and a greater bearer, though not so fine in 

 flavour, as the Violet. The Newington, the Roman. 

 are by no means so good. I would have in the 

 Garden three trees of each of the two former. 



317. NUT. Grows wild. Not worthy of a 

 place in the Garden. Is propagated, and the fruit 

 preserved, like Filberd, which see. 



318. PEACH. The peach being the principal 

 tree for the garden, I shall, under this head, give 

 directions for pruning 1 and forming the tree. 

 Peaches are propagated by budding. The stock 

 should be of plum, for the reasons given in Para- 

 graph 281. The U-ee is to be planted, agreeably to 

 the directions in Paragraphs 282 to 28S. And now 

 for the pruning and forming the tree. Look at 

 PLATE IV. fig. 2, and f.p: 3. The first is a peach 

 tree such as I would have it at four or five years, 



