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 the largeft leaved and fruited Plums thinner than the 

 fmaller forts. Nor ihould you fuffer your trees to be 

 overcharged with fruit, but thin them in May with dif- 

 cretion, otherwife they will gum and become ill-tafted, 

 efpecially the Imperial honum magnum^ and the Went- 

 worth kinds. 



Thefe infl:ru8:ions obferved, both with Plums on walls 

 and efpaliers, you cannot fail of good crops. I would 

 recommend for efpaliers the following Plums. 



Plums, beji for Efpaliers, 



1. Orleans. 



2. Mirabelle. 



3. Brigniole. 



4. Haresflaw. 



5. St. Catherine. 



6. Mirabolan. 



7. Queen Claudia. 



8. Chefton. 



9. Late Horfe Plum. 

 10. Oxheart Plum. 



I have already recommended the planting each fpecles 

 by themfelves, whether on efpaliers or on the walls ; 

 on account of the different treatment each fort requires, 

 which if not followed may occafion miftakes. 



The Planting and Managaiient of Apricots. 



I Come now to treat of Apricots. The kinds which 

 I think fliould be planted againft fouth-wails in this 

 country, are thefe : 



Upon Sauth-walls. 



One or two Mafculines, to have them early. 



Tranfparent. 



Turky. 



Roman. 



Upon 



