FRUIT GARDEN* DISPLAYED. 279 



MULBERRY. 



nr H E Mulberries are defireable Autumn 

 fruit, of a mofl juicy refieOiing quality, 

 very deferving of culture ; the tree's trained 

 principally in llandards, on which they bear 

 abundantly, efpecially on trees of feme ad- 

 vanced growth, they bearing moiily on the 

 young wood of the former year, or on fmall 

 fpurb of young growth, and at the termina- 

 tion of the former, and beginning of the fame 

 year's Ihoots, producing male and female 

 flowers feparate, the former in loofe amen- 

 tum?, and the latter in round clofe granulate 

 receptacles, growing to large oblong- oval 

 berries, ripening in Auguft and September. 

 Confining of the following varieties : 



Black Mulberry | Red Mulberry 

 White Mulberry | 

 But of thefe varieties the Black is that com- 

 Jnonly cultivated. 



Of the above different varirt'es of mulber- 

 ries, the black is the principal fort, to culti- 

 vate for the fupe'ior goodnefs of the fruit, 

 and the trees the beft bearers; or, for variety, 

 fome of the white and red may be admitted in 

 the fruit-tree colIedti©n. Are all trained 

 principally in llandards, in any fituation 

 where they may enjoy the full fun, to ripen 

 the fruit in proper time in Autumn, with a 

 good flavour; or fome of the black may alfo 

 B b 2 'be 



