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down a foot, or more, if very long, to 

 render them more robufl, erect, and re- 

 gular, as well as to promote a more 

 plentiful fupply of collateral fhoots ia 

 Summer, for the immediate bearers. 



For the flowers and fruit are always 

 produced on the (hoots of the year, emit- 

 ted from the fides of the main items, as 

 aforefaid, and at the axillas or angles, 

 formed by the Mem and collateral fhoots ; 

 gnerally terminatingthefhootsin clutters, 

 flowering in June ; and the fruit ripens 

 in July and Auguft. 



They are very hardy plants, that pros- 

 per any where in a garden, or any open 

 ground ; planted generally in rows four 

 feet and an half diftance, and a yard in 

 the row y and fometimes alfo difpofed fin- 



