l82 THE FORCING GARDENER. [B.I* 



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SECTION III. 



J; v On Propagating tie Plants. 



PINES are propagated rnoft fuccefs- 

 fully by crowns, produced on the top 

 of the fruit, by fuckers produced from 

 between the leaves, and by fuckers pro- 

 duced^ from the root of the old plant. 

 Thefe laft are the moft defpifable, and 

 fhould never be ufed except in a cafe of 

 neceffity. The crowns are twifted from 

 off the fruit when ferved at table j the 

 fuckers, by breaking down the leaf im- 

 mediately under, and moving them gently 

 from fide to fide : but this is not to be 

 done till the under part is ripe and of a 

 brown colour, otherwife the fucker is apt 

 to break by the middle. 



Much -ftrefs is laid on the article of 

 drying them ; fome recommending 1 a 

 wek, others a fortnight, and fome the 

 laying them on the fhelves, flues, &c. of 

 the ftove : but if they are perfectly ripe, 

 and the old plants have had no water for 

 a week or two before they were taken off > 



(which 



