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cafion their putting out lateral 

 Roots, and render them le£s flib- 

 je£t to mifcarry when they are 

 lernov'd for good. 



The Time generally allow'd them 

 in this Nurfery, is three or four 

 Years, according to their Growth j 

 during which, you fliould be care- 

 ful to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 obferving alio to prune off lateral 

 Branches, which would retard their 

 upright Growths and where you 

 fmd any that are difpos'd to grow 

 low, either by their upper Bud 

 being hurt, or from any other Ac- 

 cident; you may, the Year after 

 planting (in March) cut them down 

 to the lowermoft Eye next the 

 Surface of the Ground, which will 

 caufc them to make one flrong up- 

 right Shoot, and may be afterwards 

 train'd into good ftrait Trees. 



But in doing of this, you mull 

 be careful not to difturb their 

 Roots, which, perhaps, might de- 

 ftroy them. Thcfe Trees require 

 no other Manure than their own 

 Leaves, which fliould be fuffcr'd 

 to rot upon the Ground ; and in 

 the Spring of the Year, the 

 Gound fliould have a flight dig- 

 guig, when this fliould bebury'd 

 between their Roots, but not too 

 clofe to the Trees, which might 

 be injurious to their young Fibres. 



After having remained three or 

 four Years in the Nurfery, they 

 will be fit for tranfplanting, either 

 in Rows for Avenues to a Houfe, 

 or in Quarters for Wildernefs Plan- 

 tations ; but if you intend them 

 for Timber, it is by much the 

 better Method to fow them in 

 Furrows, (as is pradtis'd for Oaks, 

 O'c.) and let them remain unre- 

 mov'd i for tliefe Trees are apt to 

 have a downright Tap-Root, which 

 being hurt by tranfplanting, is of- 

 ten a Check to their upright 



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Growth, and caufes them to fiioot 

 out into lateral Branches, as is the 

 Cafe with the Oak, IVdntit, 8cc. 



Therefore where-ever any of 

 thefe Trees are planted for Tim^ 

 ber, they fliould remain unremov'd ; 

 but where the Fruit of them is 

 more fought after, then it is cer- 

 tainly the better Way to tranfplant 

 them ; for as transplanting is n 

 Check to the luxuriant Growth of 

 Trees, fo is it a Promoter of their 

 Frudfihcation, as may be evinc'd 

 by obferving low fhrubby Oaks^ 

 Walnuts i &c. which generally have 

 a greater Plenty ot Fruit than any 

 of the larger and more vigorous 

 Trees ; and the Fruit of luch Trees 

 are much fuperior in Tafte, tho* 

 the Seeds of vigorous Trees are 

 vaftly preferable for Plantations of 

 Timber. But as the v/eaker Trees 

 are lefs capable to furnifli a Supply 

 of Nouriinmcnr, and liaving a 

 greater Quantity of Fruit upon 

 them to which this muft be dillri- 

 buted, together with their Roots 

 lying near the Surface of the 

 Ground, (by which Means the 

 Juices are better prepar'd by Su-a^ 

 Air, Sec. before it enters their Vef^ 

 fels) 'tis certain their Juices are 

 better digefted, and their Fruits 

 better maturated than thofe can 

 poflibly be which grow upon flrong 

 vigorous Trees, which hava long 

 Tap- Roots running fevcral Feet 

 deep into the Earth, and fo confe- 

 quently take in vaif Quantities of 

 crude unprepar'd Juice* which is 

 buoy'd up to the extreme Parts of 

 the Tree, and thefe feldom having 

 many lateral Branches to digefb and 

 prepare their Juice by perfpiring 

 or throwing off the crude Part be- 

 fore it enters the Fruits, i^d that 

 thefe are preferable for eating. 



And this, I dare fay, univerfally 



holds good in ail Sorts of Fruit- 



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