THE SCOTS GARDENER 



pears, aples with aples, &c. And when you graff or 

 bud, write down in your nurserie-book their species 

 as they stand, viz. begin at the end of such a nur- 

 serie, and say : the first row is graff ed with such 

 a sort, and so f urth ; and, if you have more than one 

 in a row, then set in a stake betwixt each species, 

 and so write thus : from such an end of such a row, 

 to the first stake are so many of such a sort or species ; 

 thence to the second stake, and so many to another, 

 &c. 



When you transplant fruit-trees into orchards, 

 do as I directed with f orrest-trees in groves ; plant 

 not deep, neither trench too deep ; but tempt the 

 roots by baiting the surface with manures, to make 

 them run ebb within the reach of the sun and 

 showres. Therefore mix the earth in the holes, 

 which should be six or eight foot diameter, with 

 rotted neats manure, and earth well turned, sweet- 

 ened, and prepared. Prune their roots at every re- 

 moval, as in f orrest-trees. Experience forbids me 

 to make exception of the peach, or any other, as 

 some do. Always proportion their heads to their 

 roots by pruning. But here note, that, as f orrest- 

 trees are train'd up with high bodies, and unlopt 

 heads, so fruit-trees with low bodies, their heads 



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