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as have not hj«»n graited above two years, and obferving 

 not to plant them above tw-q inches deep in the ground 

 htlov,' tlie grah ; heading tnem down, at the fame time, 

 to four eyes above the graft, and planting trees of each 

 kind by themfelves. In the middle of the large quar- 

 twTS you may piant fmall efpahers tor Currants, and 

 Gookhcrnes. 



Curr&nif a}:d Gcofebcrriesy the Sorts mo ft to he ejleemed. 



HE Currantp, that are to be preferred, are, the 



Dutch red and white, and the large black, for 



jellies; all thefe are propagated by cuttings. 



,The Goofebtrries are, the Great Chryftal, the large 

 Oblong Yellow, the Campaign or Smooth Black, the 

 Green Gafcoigne, the large Oval Red, and the Hairy 

 Red : thefe are likev-ife propagated by cuttings, taken in 

 February from good bearing branches, which you fniift 

 have previoufly marked, vhen in fruit. Thefe cuttings 

 Yc\u{\. be taken feven or nine inches long, to be planted 

 four inches deep, in a good light frefli earth, where, 

 if they are watered, they wiii foon take root, and when 

 they put out fhoots, fuffer none to grow lower than 

 one loot and a half from the ground, to be taken off at 

 different times ; fuch as are to be left above, muft be 

 ftrong to form good heads. 



From this bed they mud be removed in Ocloher, for 

 ■which purpofe, prepare a nurfery-bed of the fame fort of 

 earth, to he well dug and cleared of weeds, which when 

 ready, trim the roots of your cuttings, taking away the 

 fide- branches, and planting them three feet, row from 

 row, and one foot and a half, plant from plant. Here 

 they are to rernain two years, keeping them clear of 

 weeds, digging between the rows every year, and ob- 

 ferving to cut (Jut Irom their heads, all fuch branches 

 as crofs or interlace one another, and to keep them open 

 in the middle, that the fun and air tnay have free ac- 

 cefs to iij>en their fruit and improve its tafte. 



Thefe plants fhould not remain more than tv.'o years 

 in the nurfery-bed, removing them in O^ober^ to the 



borders 



