FRUIT GARDEN DISPLAYED. 2jt 



JTevere winters, therefore the principal fupply 

 rtiould be in wall-tree?, chieHy againft South 

 walls. A few roayalfo be trained in efpaliers, 

 in a warm lituation fall to the fun ; fome alfo 

 in dwarf or low ftandards, to plant in a warm 

 cxpofure. 



As fig trees bear on the young fhoots of a 

 year old only, a full fupply of each year*s 

 fhoots muft be preferved every Summer and 

 Winter pruning, to train in for fucceiTionsl 

 bearers the year enfuing : and obferve, that 

 as the faid bearers produce the fruit moilly 

 towards the upper and extreme parts^ they 

 inuft not be fnortened. 



Thefe trees may be obtained for planting in 

 "their different varieties, at all the nurfery 

 grounds, both in young plants of one-, two, 

 or three years old, or of more advanced 

 growth ; and may be planted either at the fall 

 of the leafi in Oftober or November, or in 

 February or March, difpofing them againft 

 foutherly walls, as before obferved, fifteen to 

 eighteen feet diftance, and the branches ar- 

 ranged horIzon:a!ly, five or fix inches afunder, 

 all at their full length. 



They are propagated and raifed by fuckers 

 from the roots, alid by layers and cuttings of 

 the young branches and fhoots. The fuckers 

 may be digged up in February or March, 

 vv'ith roots to each, and planted, {ome ihouo- 



■es at once where they ai;e to remain, o^r 



3 whole may be planted ia a nurfery for a 

 -ar or two, to gain itrength, and the head 

 ,;nifhed with feveral branches, for final 



tranfplanting. 



