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of the branches, which continue ma^iy years 

 fruitful ; and that, according as any old bear- 

 ers decline being fruitful, or affume a decay- 

 ing ftate, they being pruned out, and young 

 wood retained from bciovv to fupply their 

 places, the fame bullies will continue long ia 

 good bearing. 



All the forts may be raifed abundantly by 

 fuckers from the roots, and cuttings of the 

 young flioots, and will begin bearing in two 

 or three years. 



Or young trees for plantftig may be had at 

 all the public nurferies, raifed to a proper age 

 and fize, with full heads, to commence im- 

 mediate good bearers. 



To raife fupplies of thefe buflies, plant 

 cuttings of the young fnoots, or young fuckers 

 from the roots of one or two years old, or 

 more, any time in open weather, from Oc- 

 tober till March ; and that, with regard to 

 the difference in raifing them by cuttings or 

 fuckers, it may be obferved as faid of the 

 goofeberries, the trees raifed from cuttings 

 are thought not to run {o much to bottom 

 fuckers as the fucker-raifed trees, and that 

 they fooner bear ; but in either of thefe the 

 difference is noc confiderable, and ftrong 

 fucker plants, as being furnilhed with imme- 

 diate roots, they at once form proper plants. 



However, to raife them by cuttings, take, 

 the ftrong ftrait fhoots of laft Summer, cut 

 about ten or twelve to fifteen or eighteen 

 inches long ; plant them in rows twelve to 

 eighteen inches afunder, each near half-way 



into 



