82 The Fruit Garden. [Feb* 



let the ends of the ftraggling roots be pruned, and cut off 

 luch roots as are broken or bruiled ; then fet the tree in the 

 hole, and fee that all the roots fpread freely as they Ihould 

 do; and in depth, fo as the upper roots be only about 

 four, five, or fix inches below the general furface. 



Break the earth well, and thro^v it in equally about the 

 roots, and Ihake the tree gently, that the earth may 

 fall in clofe between the roots and fibres ; when the earth 

 is all in, tread the furface gently, to fix the tree properly. 



Support tall neuo-planted Trees. 



Support tall new-planted flandard fruit-trees with 

 ftakes, as foon as they are planted, that they may not be 

 rocked about by the wind, which would greatly retard 

 their taking root. 



Dwarf-trees mufl alfo be fccured from the power of 

 the wind ; and thofe againft walls fhould alfo be failened 

 thereto ; and, if efpaliers, faften them to the rails. 



DreJ/tng Fruit tree Borders. • 



Let all the fruit-tree borders be neatly digged, when 

 you have finiflied pruning and nailing. If they have 

 been digged before, let the furface be loofened where it 

 has been trampled in doing the neceffary work about the 

 tree?. 



This will be of fervice to the trees, and the borders 

 will appear clean and neat, and they will be ready to fow 

 or plant with what you think neceflary. 



Graftifig. 



Grafting may be begun about the latter end of the- 

 month, if mild weather. Plums, pears, and cherries,, 

 may then be grafted : and you may alfo graft apples. 

 For the method of grafting, fee the work of the Nurjery 

 for this month. 



Forcing early Fruit in Forcing-houfes. 



The beginning of this month may begin to force fruit- 

 trees in hot-walls, peach-houfes, cherry-houfes, &c. by 

 aid of fire or other artificial heat; the proper forts 

 are peaches, neftarines, apricots, cherries, figs, vines, 

 plums, &c. having young trees for this purpofe that are 

 arrived to a bearing Hate, and planted in November in 



the 



