252 of Fruit-Gardens. 



but this Management will not do with the 

 Peach, efpecially if the Gum appear. 



Pinching of Pears or Peaches, is an Opera- 

 tion performed upon thick new Shoots, with- 

 in two or three Eyes of the Branch they 

 proceed from • It is to be done on the Top 

 of the thick Branches, which would other- 

 wife remain ufelefs from their Situation, arid 

 yet fpend much Sap. 



Cherries and Plums require little Skill in 

 their Pruning, io that the general Direftions 

 are fufficient for their Management. 



Grafthig and Inoculating. 



Thefe are us'd for the Propagation of Ve- 

 getables. Peaches^ FeBorinej, and Jprkots^ 

 are not to be rais'd any other Way than by 

 Inoculation or Budding 5 and as for pearsy 

 Cherries, and Plwns^ tho* they may be graft- 

 ed, yet the Inoculating is to be prefer'd, it 

 being lefs hazardous and more pleafureable. 



The Method of Inoculation is thus ; About 

 Midftmmer^ or a Month before or after, 

 which are good Seafons, take off a vigorous 

 Shoot from a Tree you would propagate 3 

 then make a Choice of a Stock about three 

 or four Years Growth, and in a fmooth Place 

 of it mak? a downright Slit in the Bark, a 

 little above an Inch in Length, and another 

 crofs-wife, at the Bottom of that, tp give 

 Way to the opening of the Bark : '.This 

 being done, with your Pen-knife gently loofen 



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