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RIPENING of FRUIT. 



%hs Method of producing Early Fruits. 



A Wall fliould be eredcd ten Feet 

 high, and in Length according to 

 the Number of Trees intended for 

 ijiree Years Forcing. 



This being done, a Border may 

 te mark d out about four Feet wide 

 on the South-fide of it, and fomc 

 Scantlings of Wood about four 

 Jnches thick, muft be fgflcn'd to 

 the Ground in a ftrait Line on the 

 Outfide ot the Border to reft the 

 Glafs Lights upon^ which Lights 

 are to flope backwards to the Wall, 

 to fhelter the Fruit as there fhall be 

 Occalion. 



Bars about four Inches wide, cut 

 out of whole Deal, muft be plac'd 

 between thefe Gialles, fo that the 

 Lights may reft on them. 



If you would not have the Glafs- 

 Lights flope fb much as they will 

 troni this Fall from the Upright, 

 then you may have a Line ct whole 

 Deals fix'd on the Top of the Wall 

 to projedt their whole Breadth 

 over the Trees, and made ih that 

 the Top of the Glafs-Lights may 

 fall in an Inch or two under them : 

 There muft alfo be a Door fliap'd 

 to the Profile of the Frame at each 

 End, that it may be open'd at either 

 of the Ends, according as the Wind 

 blows. 



The Frame before - mention'd 

 fhould be made fo, that when the 

 firft Part has been torc'd, the Frame 

 Hiay be mov'd the next Year for- 

 ward, and the fuccceding Year 

 forward again i fo that the Trees 

 will be forc'd but every third 

 Year j and having two Years to 

 recover themfelves, will continue 

 ftrong for many Years. 



Thefe Trees fliould be well 

 grown before they are forc'd, othcr- 

 wilc ihcy will ibon be deftroy'd. 



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and the Fruit produc'd on grown 

 Trees will be much fairer and 

 better tafted than on frefti-planted 

 Trees. 



The Fruit that may be plante4 

 in thefe Frames are. 



The Avant, the Albemarle, the 

 Ann, the Early Newin^ton and Brown 

 Nutrneg Teaches, 



Mr. lair child's Early, the Elruge 

 and Nemngton Nectarines; the Maf- 

 culine Apr:cock i the May Duke and 

 Alay Cherry, 



As for Grapes j the White and 

 Black Snpeet-rpater. 



Goofeberries j the Dfitch White, 

 the Dutch Early Green, and the 

 Walnut-Goofeberries . 



Currants ; the large Butch li4jite, 

 the large Butch Red Currants. 



It has been found by Experience, 

 that the Trees will be injured, if 

 the Heat be apply'd before Novem- 

 ber : And v'hat the Time for apply- 

 ing the Heat for bringing either 

 Buke or May Cherries, is about the 

 Middle or latter End of that Month, 

 and applying Heat at the fame 

 Time would do for Apricocks; fb 

 that the Mafculine Apricock will, in 

 February, be as large as Buke Cher- 

 ries, and will be ripe by the Begin- 

 ing q'^ April. 



Cherries thus forc'd will not hold 

 fo well as Apricocks, tho' the for- 

 mer will laft, perhaps, for feven 

 Years in good Plight ; but Apricocks 

 will thrive and profper thus many 

 Years. 



It is very likely that Mr. Fair"' 

 child's Early Neciarines would ripen 

 much about the fame Time as the 

 Mafculine Apricock, if they were 

 both torc'd at the fame Timcj and 

 the Brugncn Nectarine would follovy^ 

 that. As to the forward Sorts of 

 Tlu???s, they have been try'd, and 

 do ripen about the latter End of 



