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The Nursery. 



Graf ling* 



C"1 RAFT apples, pears, plums, cherries, «^c. this be- 

 X ing the principal feaibn for doing that work. 

 Having procured grafts of the proper kinds, as men- 

 tioned lad month, a iharp knife, fome new bafs, and a 

 proper quantity of well-wrought clay, proceed to the 

 Work the beginning of the month, and let the fame me- 

 thod be praclifed . now as mentiont-d in the work of the 

 Nurfery lail month. 



Ma/!ag£m??it of Fridt-irecs grafted and budded laji Tear, 



^The fruit-trees which were grafted and budded.a year 

 ago, IhouM now have their fhoots, which were made lail 

 fummer, fnortened, that they may fend forth Literal Ihoots or 

 branches, to form a regular head near the itock. See the 

 Fruit Garden of this month and February. 



Let this be done juft as the Ihoots begin to pu(h, fliort- 

 ening them to four or five eyes. 



The Hocks which were budded the laft fummer, fhould 

 now have their heads cut off, a little above the budded 

 part; by which m.eans the whole nourifhment will go to 

 the bud. 



Having a fharp knife, cut the head of the flock ofF 

 fioping behind the bud, eitlier almofl clofe thereto, or 

 about a hand's breadth above it ; which part of the Hock 

 remaining above, will ferve to which to tie the firil ihoot 

 from the bud in fummer, to fecure it from the wind, but mull 

 be cut down clofe next fpring. See lafl month, and the 

 article of Budding in June. . 



Solving Seeds of deciduous Trees and Sbruhs. 



Now is the time to fow the feeds of many forts of hardy 

 deciduous trees and fhrubs. 



For an account of the various forts which may be raifed 

 from feed, fee JpriJ. And as moll of the feed-fliops are 

 now generally well furniflied with many forts of exotic 

 and other tree and fhrub feeds, every year, from Ame- 

 rica and other parts; whoever may be inclined to raile 

 any of the forts from feed, may be fupplied with the forts 

 they dcfire from the above Ihops. 



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