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HISTORY OF FRUITS. 



July. For a wet or cold soil they should be budded on a 

 plum stock; but where the soil is light and dry, the peach 

 or almond stock is preferable. The nature of the soil, as 

 well as the season, should be attended to in transplanting 

 these trees. Where the ground is dry the month of Oc- 

 tober is a proper time; but in wet or cold lands the 

 month of February is a better season. They should be 

 trained with single stems ; but when of a proper height 

 they require no pruning, and are more graceful when al- 

 lowed to branch out in their natural way. 





