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^ricT and more apt to be mealy 

 than when they are upon Fear- 

 Stocks. 'S)uince'Stocks are greatly 

 ufed in the Nurlcries for all forts 

 of Tears which are defign'd for 

 Dwarfs or Walls, in order to check 

 the. Luxuriancy of their Growth, 

 io that they may be kept within 

 Compafs better thin upon Frce- 

 J>tocks : But again ft the general 

 Uie of thefe Stocks, for ail forts 

 ©f Tears indifferently, there are ve- 

 ij great Objedlions : ift, Becaufe 

 iome forts of Tears will not thrive 

 Rpon thefe Stocks, but in two or 

 three Years will decay, or at moH 

 will but juft keep alive, zdly, All 

 the Sorts of hard breaking Tears 

 are render'd ftony and good for lit- 

 tle j fo that whenever any of thefe 

 Sorts arc injudicioufly raised, the 

 Fiuit, altho' the Kind be ever fo 

 good, is condemn'd as good for no- 

 thing by fuch as are not well ac- 

 quainted wiih it, when the Fault 

 is' inrirely owing to the Stock on 

 which It was grafted. On the 

 contrary, all melting buttery Tears 

 sre greatly improv'd by being upon 

 ptiince-Stocks, provided they are 

 planted on a ftrong Soil; but if 

 the Ground be very dry and gravel- 

 ly, no ibrt of Tear will do well up- 

 on ^uince-Siock's in fuch Places. 



Theie general Directions being 

 given, there is no Occaiion to re- 

 peat anv Part of the Method in 

 vv'hich theie Stocks are rais'd, and 

 the Fruits budded or grafted there- 

 on ; which has been already men- 

 ticn'd under the Article of Nurfe- 

 rics. 



The Diftance v/hich thefe Trees 

 Hxuid be planted either againft 

 Wails or Efpaliers, mufl: not be 

 Icfs than tv/tnty Feet ; but if they 

 ere planted twenty-hve Feet, it will 

 be better * for if they have not 

 Room :o fpread on each Side, it 



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will be impoffible to prefer ve therr:! 

 in good Order (eipecially thofe o» 

 Free-Stocks) for the more thefe 

 Trees arc prun'd, the more they 

 will fhoot i and, as I before faid, 

 many Sorts of Tears do produce 

 their BlolTom-buds firft at the Ex- 

 tremity ot the former Year's Shoots, 

 Co that when they are fnorten'd, 

 the Fruit will be cut away ; and 

 this cannot be avoided, where the 

 Trees have not Room allow'd in 

 their firfi: planting. 



The Manner of preparing thefe 

 Trees for Planting, is the lame as 

 hath been directed for other Fruit- 

 trees, viz.. To cut off all the fmall 

 Fibres from the Roots, and ta 

 fhorten fome of the longefl: Roots* 

 and cut off all the bruis'd ones, or 

 fuch as flioot downright: This Ic- 

 ing done, you fliould plant 'em in 

 the Places intended at the before- 

 mcntion'd Diflance. The beft Time 

 to plant theie Trees (if upon a 

 middling or dry Soil) is in October y 

 leaving their Heads on till Spring, 

 which fliould be faflen'd to the 

 Walls or Stakes, to prevent the 

 Wind from dilfurbing their Roots; 

 and in the beginning of March 

 their Heads fhould be cut off, in 

 the Manner already dirc(!^ed for 

 Teaches and other Fruit trees ; ob- 

 ferving alfo to lay fome Mulch up- 

 on the Surface of tlie Ground a- 

 bout their Roots when they are 

 planted ; as hath been fcveral times 

 alrCcidy diiefttd for other Trees. 



The fir ft Summer after planting, 

 the Branches fhould be train'd to 

 the Wall or Efpalier (againll which 

 they arc phnted) in a horizontal 

 Poiition, as they are produc'd with- 

 out fl-;ortcning of them \ and the 

 Michadii.as lollowing thefe Shoots 

 fnould be iliorten'd down to five or 

 lix Eyes, in order to obtain a iiifH- 

 cicnt Quantity of Branches to fur- 



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