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be taken off from the mother-plant, and prepared for 

 planting. 



The management of the fuckers in general, as alfo of 

 the crowns, with refped to the purpofe of propagation 

 and order of planting, to furnifh a fucceffion of new 

 plants, is as follows : 



The crowns or young plants, which arife upon the 

 fruit, are to be taken off when the fruit is ferved at ta- 

 ble ; it muft be feparated by a gentle twill ; then take 

 off fome of the lower leaves towards the rooting part ; 

 lay them on a Ihelf, either in a fhady part of the ftove^ 

 .©r that of fome dry room, till the part that adheres to 

 the fruit is perfedly healed; which is generally effe£led 

 in eight or ten days. 



The fuckers (hould be taken from the plant, when the 

 lower end changes fomewhat brown, and take off fome 

 of their lower leaves ; then lay them in a dry place till the 

 part that joined to the plant is healed and become hard^ 

 which will require five or fix days. 



They are then, both crowns and fuckers, to be planted 

 in the following manner: 



Gee fome fmall pots, and having fome proper compoll 

 previoufly prepared, of any rich garden earth, loam and 

 rotten dung; fill the pots therewith, which done, let 

 one fucker be planted into each pot; fix it properly, and 

 let the earth be well clofed, and give each a very little 

 water, juft to fettle the earth equally about the plants. 



Then let the pots be diredly plunged to their rims 

 in the bark- bed. There fhould be a tolerable good 

 heat to make them ftrike. 



But, for want of conveniences for a bark-bed, may 

 make a hot-bed of new horfe-dung to ftrike the fuckers, 

 and crowns, and it is a very good method. 



This bed Ihould be made for a one, two, or three 

 light frame, or according to the number of plants. The 

 bed murt be made, at leaft, two feet and a half, or three 

 feet high,, of dung ; and as foon as it is made put on the 

 frame ; and in five or fix days, or, at leafl when the 

 burning heat is over, lay in as much bark, either new 

 or old. or any kind of dry earth, as will cover the hed 

 all over, about five or fix inches thick.. 



Then, when the dung has warmed the bark or earth, 

 let the pots be plunged in it to their rims, and put on 

 the glaffes, obferving to raife. them a. little, ev.ery day. 



