THE SCOTS GARD'NER 



Goosberries and currans need not grafting ; they 

 do well by suckers, layers, and cuttings. 



To make dwarf e-aples, graff or bud on the para- 

 dise, or any that hath burry-knots, codlings, red- 

 stracks, &c. Dwarf e-pears on the quince ; but no 

 pear holds well on it (that I have tried) save red- 

 pear, achan, and longavil ; but you may re-graff 

 for varieties. And if you be very curious for these 

 stocks (which I am not) you may cut them at the 

 spring, when ready for grafting, within two inches 

 of the ground; and at August come twelve moneths, 

 inoculate in that young shoot, and perhaps they 

 will prosper the better. But I think grafting in the 

 roots of pears will produce dwarfs. 



Dwarf -cherries may be grafted on morella, or on 

 the common red cherrie,or on that red geen spoken 

 of in Chap. III. which is more dwarfish than the 

 black. 



The mellow, warmeand light ground is for fruits; 

 and although the best, warmest and lightest land 

 yields most excellent corn, yet the strong, stiff, cold 

 or moist, yields not so goodfruits, plants, grass, hay, 

 &c. Aples affect a pretty rich loamy soil, tho' they 

 will bear in a clay, mixt with lyme, manure and 

 turff. 



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