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When they have produced Fruit, 

 you will foon be a Judge of their 

 Goodncfs: therefore iuch of them 

 as you diflike may be deftroy'd j 

 but thofe which are good may be 

 propagated by inoculating them up- 

 on other Stocks, which is the com- 

 mon Method now pradlis'd to pro- 

 pagate thefe Fruits: Therefore I 

 {hall now proceed to treat of that 

 more particularly ^ in the doing of 

 which, I fhall fet down the Me- 

 thod now commonly pradtis'd by 

 the Nurfcry Gardeners; and then 

 propofe fome few Things of my 

 own, as an Improvement thereon, 

 for fuch Perfons who are very cu- 

 rious to have good Fruit. But 

 firft. 



You ihould be provided with 

 Stocks of the Mufcle and White 

 Vear-Tlumbsi which are generally 

 pfteem'd the two beft Sorts of 

 flumbs for Stocks to inoculate Vea- 

 che-i and Nectarines upon j as alio 

 fome Ahnond and Apricock Stocks, 

 for fome tender Sorts of Peaches 

 which will not grow upon Vlumb 

 Stocks : Thefe fhould be all produ- 

 ced from the Stone (as hath been 

 already directed in the Article of a 

 "isiurfery) and not from Suckers, for 

 ?hc Reafons there laid down. 



When thefe Stocks have grown 

 jn the Nurfcry two Years, they 

 w^ill be ftrong enough to bud, the 

 ^eafon for which is commonly a- 

 bout Miilfm»?/ier, when you fliould 

 make choice of fome good Cut- 

 tings of the Sorts of Fruir you in- 

 tend to propagate, always obfcrving 

 to take them from healthy Trees, 

 and fuch as do generally produce a 

 good Quantity of well-tafted Fruit j 

 for it is very certain, that any Sort 

 9f Fruit may be fo far degenerated, 

 where this Care is v/anting, as not 

 to be like the fame Kind. Befides, 

 •yvljenever a Tree* is unhealthy, the 



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Buds taken from that Tree will al- 

 ways retain the Diftemper, in a 

 greater or lefs Degree, according 

 as It hath imbib'd a greater or lels 

 Quantity of the diftemp -r'd Juice. 

 Thus, for Inftance, wheie a Peach 

 or Ne6iarine Tree hath beeu great- 

 ly blighted, fo as that the fhoo'S 

 have grovN^n builcd, and the Leaves 

 curled up to a great F-egree, that 

 Diftemper is feldom lecover'd a- 

 gain by the greatcft Art, or at leaft 

 not under lever >il Years Manage- 

 ment; tor lee the Scafbns prove 

 ever-fo favourable, yef thde Trees 

 will continually fliew the lame Dif- 

 temper: Which many Perfons are 

 fo weak as to iuppoie a frefh 

 Blight; whereas in reality it is no 

 other but the Remans of the for- 

 mer Sicknefs, which are fpread 

 and intermix'd with all the Juices 

 of the Tree; {6 that whatever Buds 

 are taken from fuch Trees, will al- 

 ways retain a Part of the Diftem- 

 per. 



The Cuttings with which you 

 are thus to be provided, Ihould al- 

 ways be taken from the Trees ei- 

 ther in a Morning or Evening, or 

 elie in a cloudy Day; for if they 

 are cut off when the Sun is very 

 hot, the Shoots will penpire 16 

 trcely, as to leave the Buds defti- 

 tute of Moifture, which is often 

 the Caufe of their mifcarryingj 

 and the fooncr thefe are ufed,when 

 cut from the Trees, the better they 

 will take. The Manner of this 

 Operation being fully explain'd un- 

 der the Article of Inoculation^ I 

 ihall not repeat it in this place. 

 The Management of thefe Trees 

 during their remaining Time in 

 the Nurfsry, is likewile fully fet 

 down under that Article: I (hall 

 therefore proceed to the Planting 

 of thelc Trees, either againft Walls, 

 Efpaliers, or for Standards. But as 



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