OF MULBERRIES. €33 



they should also be sheltered from the.East, North, 

 and West winds. 



But the best way of raising Mulberries is from 

 cuttings of the former year's shoots, having one 

 joint of the two years' wood. Plant them out in 

 Autumn, if fine weather, or in the month of March, 

 in rows nine inches apart, and at the distance of 

 two inches in the rows, leaving only two or three 

 buds above ground : mulch the ground with leaves 

 or dung well rotted, to keep it moist, and the plants 

 ^vill require little watering. If they succeed well, 

 they may, next season, be transplanted into a nur- 

 sery, and treated as directed for layers. These 

 young trees, while they remain in the nursery, 

 should be transplanted every three or four years. 



I would recommend planting of Mulberries in 

 grass orchards and pleasure grounds, because the 

 finest of the fruit, when ripe, frequently drops, 

 which, if it fall on dug or ploughed ground, will 

 be soiled and rendered unfit for use, as the earth 

 will adhere so to the fruit as to render the cleansing 

 of it impracticable ; but if planted on lawns, or in 

 grass orchards, the fruit can be picked up without 

 receiving any injury. Another reason for planting 

 these trees on lawns or in orchards is, that, when 

 full grown, they are too large for a kitchen-garden. 

 The soil in which they thrive best is a rich, light, 

 and deep earth. 



As the fruit is produced on the young wood, you 

 should cut out only such branches as cross others, 

 and such as are decayed, or broken by any accident ; 



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