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extenfive, it mufl be remembered I command none ; 

 every one may fuit themfelves, efpecially when the field 

 is extenfive. 



DircBions for the luell-grovoing and fruiting of Peaches^ 

 Plums, Cherriesy Ne^arines, tSc on the common JVall. 



AS I have finlfhed the procefs to be purfued in order 

 to have early Peaches, Plums, Cherries, and Nec- 

 tarines, I iliall proceed to lay down fome rules for their 

 management on the common wall; and this direction 

 I would have always obferved, viz. to plant each fpecies 

 feparate, at leaft not different forts one above another ; 

 as no tree will thrive well under the droppings of ano- 

 ther, except its own fpecies, particularly thofe of the 

 Cherry-tribe: remember therefore in laying the flandard 

 of this tree to the wall, that no other than the Dwarf- 

 Cherry be planted under it. 



Let the upper parts of the walls be filled with flan- 

 dard Plums, Peaches, or Almonds, which will fruit very 

 well in mofl: foils, and efpecially in a fouth or a fouth- 

 eaftafpe6l; or flandard Apricocks, which laft will do 

 extremely well in a fouth eaft, as well as fouth-weft af- 

 pecf. Of Cherries I would plant the May-duke, Hol- 

 man's-duke, and two or three Morellos, and Hertford' 

 (hire Cherries, to improve the taile and fize of their 

 fruit, which, in this good afpc6t, they will do in an ex- 

 traordinary manner. 



The Culture and Management of Cherries. 



CHerries are a fort of noli me tangere with a knife. No 

 fruit-trees fo ill agree with pruning as they do ; 

 therefore when it is abfolutely neceflary, it muft be per- 

 formed carefully and fparingly. The foil thefe trees de- 

 light and thrive befl: in, is a frefli free loam ; they will 

 not do upon a dry gravelly foil ; there tliey will blight, 

 blaft, gum, and at lart die. Thtfe trees, if on walls, fliould 



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