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in rnoiH:) yet they are general' y 

 founder, and more difpqs'd to 

 Fruitfulncfs. 



4., You muf!: alfb obfcrve to in- 

 dole it, th:;t Cattle and Vermin 

 mayn't corTiC in, tor thefe will make 

 fad Havock with young Trees, 

 efpecially in Winter, when the 

 Ground is cover'd with Snow, that 

 they have little other Food v/hich 

 they can come at j fome of the 

 moil mifchievous of thefe Animals 

 are Hares and Rabbits, which are 

 great Deftroyers of young Trees at 

 that Seafon, by earing off all their 

 Bark, therefore you mud carefully 

 guard your Nurfery againft thcie 

 Enemies. 



• The Ground being inclos'd, fliould 

 be carefully trench'd about eighteen 

 Inches, or two Feet deep, provided 

 it will allow it; thisfhould be done 

 in Aug'dji, that it may be ready to 

 receive young Srocks at the Seafon 

 for Planting, which is commonly at 

 the Beginning of Oc:'?0(^er. In Trench- 

 ing of the Ground, you muft be very 

 careful to cleanfe it from the Pvoots 

 of all noxious Weeds, fuch ca^Coiich- 

 grafsy Docks., 6vC. which, if left in 

 the Ground, wi^i get in ainongll the 

 Roots of the Trees, fo as no: to be 

 gotten out afterwards, and v,^iil 

 Ipread and over-run the Ground, 

 to the great Prejudice of your young 

 Stocks. 



After having dug the Ground, 

 and the Seafon being come for 

 Planting, you muft level down the 

 Trenches as equal as poffible ; and 

 then lay out the Ground into Quar- 

 ters, proportionable to the Size 

 thereof; and thofe Qiiarters m^y be 

 afrerwards laid out in Beds, tor the 

 ■fov/ing of Seeds, or the Stones of 

 Fiuit. 



The beil: Sort of Srocks for 

 Teixchesy Keciarmes, &:c. are fuch as 

 are rais'd from the Stones of the 



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Mtifcle, and White Fear-Pi'umb : But 

 you fhould never plant Suckers of 

 thele, (which is what fome People 

 pra£tife) ; for thofe feldom make 

 fo good Stocks, nor are ever well- 

 rooted Plants : Befides, they are 

 very fubjccl to produce great 

 Quantities of Suckers from their 

 Roots, which are very troublefome 

 in the Borders or Walks of a Gar- 

 den, and do greatly injure the Tree; 

 fb that you ihould annually, or at 

 leaft every other Year, fow a few 

 Stones of each Sort, that you may 

 never be at a Lofs for Stocks. 



For Pears, you fhould have fuch 

 Stocks as have been rais'd from the 

 Kernels of the Fruit wiiere Perry 

 hath been made ; or elfe prcferve 

 the Seeds of fome Sorts of Summer 

 Pears, which do generally Ihoot 

 ffrong and vigorous, as the Cuifs 

 Madam, Wimifor, See. which you 

 fhould fow for Stocks, early in the 

 Spring, upon a Bed of good light 

 frefii Earth, where they will come 

 up in about iix Weeks, and, it kept 

 clear from Weeds, will be flrong 

 enough to tranfplant out the October 

 following. But for many Sorts of 

 Summer and k\xX.\nxm Pears, <^nrace 

 Stocks are preferable to free [i. e. 

 Pear) Srocks; thefe are very often 

 propagated from Suckers, which 

 are generally produced in Plenty 

 from the Roots of old Trees j but 

 thofe are not near fb good as fuch 

 as are propagated from Cuttings, 

 which have always much better 

 Roots, and are not {o fubjedt to 

 produce Suckers as the other j 

 which is a very deflrabie Quality ; 

 fince thefe Suckers do not only rob 

 the Trees of Part of their Nourifli- 

 m.ent, but are very troublefome in 

 a Garden. 



Apples are grafted or budded 

 upon Stdcks rais'd from Seeds 

 which come firom the Cyder Prefsj 



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