T46 The Fruit Garden. [Mar. 



This will he ferviceable to the trees, and will deflrov 

 the weeds ; and after being neatly raked, the borders will 

 appear neat and decent. 



Stir with a hoe> the furface of fuch borders as were dug 

 in the former months ; that is, fuch as are not fown with 

 clofe crops ; fuch as radiihes, lettuce, fpinach. Sec. and 

 then let them be raked fmooth; by which means the growth 

 of young feed weeds will be retarded, and the whole will 

 appear neat. 



Prune Fines. 

 Where there are vines that are not yet pruned, let them 

 be now done as foon in the month as poffible ; for when 

 vines are pruned too late, it is feldom that a good crop 

 fucceeds. 



For the particular method of pruning them, fee the 

 » work of the two laft months, or No'vembct-y &c. 



Propagating Vines. 



Plant cutting of vines the beginning or middle of this 

 month, by which means you may propagate any fort you 

 defire, for the cuttings will take root freely. 



The cuttings mufl be fhoots of the lall year, which if 

 cut from the trees laft month, or the beginning of this, it 

 will be the more eligible; fhortening them to twelve 

 inches in length, or thereabouts ; and let each cutting 

 have about an inch, or fo, of the former year's wood at ~ 

 its bottom. Though this is not abfolutely neceffary as 

 they will fucceed Vv'ithout any old wood, and may divide 

 long Ihoots into two, three, or more lengths, as above, 

 for planting. 



They may be planted either in nurfcry-rows, or in the 

 places where they are finally to remain, either again fl 

 walls, efpaliers, or elfewhere ; obferving to plant them 

 fomewhat flanting, and fo deep that only one eye may 

 appear above ground, and that Ihould be clofe to the fur- 

 face. 



Vines are alfo propagated by layers, obferving to lay 

 the young fhoots occafionally with part of the branch they 

 proceed from, laying them four or five inches deep in the 

 earth, leaving three or four eyes of the ihoot out of the 

 ground, ihortening the top accordingly, if too long. 



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