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7. The Breda Apricock, 



8. The Bruxelles Apricock» 

 Thefe Fruits are allpropagated by 



budding them on Plumb-ftocks, and 

 will readily take upon almofl: any 

 Sort oi Plumb, provided the Stock 

 be free and thriving ( except the 

 Bruxelles Kind, which is ufually 

 budded on a Sort of Stock commonly 

 call'd the St. Julian, which better 

 fuits this Tree, as being generally 

 planted for Standards, than any other 

 Sort of Plumb will do ) : The Man- 

 ner of railing the Stocks, and bud- 

 ding thefe Trees, fhall be treated of 

 under their particular Articles, to 

 which I refer the Reader, and (hall 

 proceed to their Planting and Ma- 

 nagement. 



Thefe Trees are all ( except the 

 two lall Sorts ) planted againft Walls, 

 and Ihould have an Eaji or Weft Af- 

 pedi i for if they are planted full 

 South, the great Heat caufes them to 

 be mealy, before they are well eat- 

 able. 



The Borders under thefe Walls 

 Ihould be four Feet wide at leaft, and 

 if it were more, the better j but I 

 would never advife the making of 

 them fo deep, as is the general Cuf- 

 tom J for if the Earth be two Feet 

 thick, it is enough. 



If your Giound is a wet cold Loam 

 or Clay, you fhould raife your Bor- 

 ders as much above the Level of the 

 Surface, as it will admit, laying 

 fome Sroncs or Rubbifli in the Bot- 

 tom, to prevent the Roots from 

 running downward ; but if you 

 plant upon a Chalk or Gravel, you 

 rouft remove it to a confiderable 

 Width, to make Room for a good 

 Soil to be puc in ; but you need not 

 go above two Feet deep at moft. 



The Soil I would in general advife 

 to be us'd for thefe, and all other 

 Sorts of Fruit-trees, is frefh untvy'd 

 Earth from a Failure-Ground, taken 



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about ten Inches deep, with the 

 Turf, and laid to rot and mellow at 

 leaft twelve Months, before it is 

 us'd j and this muft be kept often 

 turn'd, to fweeten and imbibe the' 

 nitrous Particles of the Air. 



Your Borders being thus prepar'd, 

 make Choice of fuch Trees as are 

 but of one Year's Growth from bud- 

 ding j and if your Soil is dry, or of a 

 middling Temper, you Ihould prefer 

 OBober as the beft Seafon for plant- 

 ing, efpecially having at that Time a 

 greater Choice of Trees from the 

 Nurferies, before they have been 

 pick'd and drawn over by other Peo- 

 ple. The Manner of preparing 

 thefe Trees for planting being the 

 fame in common wntli other Fruit- 

 trees, I Ihall refer the Reader to the 

 Article o^ Apple Trees, where he will 

 find it largely treated of : But do 

 not cut oil: any Part of the Head af 

 that Time, unlefs there are any 

 ftrong fore- right Shoots, which wilt 

 not come to the Wall, and may be 

 taken quite av/ay. 



Your Trees being thus prepar'd, 

 you muft mark out the Diftances 

 they are to ftand, which in a good 

 ftrong Soil, or againft a low Wall, 

 fhould be eighteen Feet or more 5 

 but in a moderate one, fixteen Feet 

 is a good reafonable Diftances then 

 make a Hole where each Tree is to 

 ftand, and place its Stem about four 

 Inches from the Wall, inclining the 

 Head thereto ; and after having fix'd 

 the Tree in the Ground, nail the 

 Branches to the Wall, to prevent 

 their ihaking ; and cover the Sur- 

 face of the Ground round the Root 

 with rotten Dung, to keep out the 

 Froft i in this State let it remain 'till 

 Tebruary, when, if the Weather is 

 good, you muftun-naii the Branches 

 of your Trees, fo as not to difturb 

 their Roots ; and being provided 

 with a fnarp Knif(f,'put your Foot 

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