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or upon Cmb Stocks ; the latter of 

 which are efteem'd for their Dura- 

 blcnefs, efpecially for large Standard 

 Trees i thefe fliould be rais'd from 

 Seeds, as the Fea^r Stocks, and 

 muft be treated in the fame Man- 

 ner i for thofe procured from Suc- 

 kers, O'C. are not near io good : 

 But tor fmall Gardens, the Paradife 

 Stock hath been of late greatly 

 efteem'd 5 it being of very humble 

 Growth, cauling the Fruit Trees 

 grafted or budded thereon to bear 

 very foon, and they may be kept 

 in fmall Compafs : But thefe are 

 only proper for very fmall Gardens, 

 or by way of Curiolityi lince the 

 Trees thus rais'd are but of fliort 

 Duration, and feldom arife to any 

 Size to produce Fruit in Quantities, 

 unlefs the Graft or Bud be bury'd 

 in Planting, £0 that they put forth 

 Roots, and tl>en they will be equal 

 to Trees grafted upon free Stocks, 

 iince they receive but fmall Ad- 

 vantas:e from the Stock. 



For Cioerriesy you fliould make 

 ufe of Stocks rais'd from the Stones • 

 of the common Black, or the wild 

 Honey-Cherry, both of which are 

 ilrong free Growers, and produce 

 the cleanefl: Stocks. 



For Flums, you may uie the 

 Srones of moil free-growing Sorts; 

 which will alfj do very well for 

 uipricocks, thefe being not ib diffi- 

 cult to take as Teaches or Nectarines; 

 but (as I faid before) thefe (hould 

 not be rais'd from Suckers, for the 

 Reafon there alfign'd, but rather 

 ' om Stones. 



There are fbme Perfbns who 

 recommend the Almond Stock for 

 fsveral Sorts of tender Peaches, upon 

 which they will take much better 

 than upon Plum Stocks: But thefe 

 being tender in their Roots, and 

 apt to flioot early in the Spring, 

 are by many People rejeded :- And 



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I think, if fuch tender Sorts of 

 Peaches which will not take upon 

 Plu?n Stocks, were budded upon 

 Apricocks, they ' would take very 

 well 3 as Vs^ould ail Sorts of Peaches 

 which are planted upon dry Soils 

 continue much longer, and not be 

 fo fubjed: to blight, if they were 

 u^on Apricochs ; for it is obferv'd, 

 that upon fuch Soils where P^^r/.?^^ 

 feldom do well, Apricocks will thrive 

 exceedingly i which may be owing 

 to the Strength and Compaftnels 

 of the Veilels in the Apricocks, 

 which render it more capable of 

 affimilating or drawing its Nou- 

 riiliment from the Plum Stock, 

 which in dry Soils feldom afford 

 it in great Plenty to the Bud } and 

 the Peach Tree being of a loofe, 

 fpungy Nature, is not fo capable 

 to draw its Nourifliment therefrom, 

 which occafions that Weaknefs 

 which is commonly obferved in 

 tI:ofe Trees when planted on a dry 

 SoiK 



There are fome People who of 

 late have budded and grafted Cher- 

 ries upon Stocks of the Corni/^, 

 Cherry, which, they fay, will ren- 

 der the Trees more fruitful, and 

 lefs luxuriant in Growth, fo that 

 they may be kept in kfs Com- 

 pais ; thefe Stocks having the fam.e 

 Etfcd; upon Cherries, astkeParadife 

 Stock hath on Apples. 



Having provided yourfelf with 

 young Stocks cf all thcfc different 

 Sorts, which fliould be rais'd in 

 the Seminary the preceding Year, 

 you fhould proceed to tranfplanting 

 ot" them in O^o6er (as was before 

 dire6i-cdj into the Nurfery. The 

 Diftance which they Ihould be 

 planted, if defign'd for Standards", 

 fnould be three Feet and a half, or 

 four Feet, Row from Row, and a 

 Foot and a half diHant in the Rows} 

 but if for Dwarfs, three Feet, Row 

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