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at a different tune from that 272 which 

 they are fome years i7i their maturity^ be- 

 caufe fuch alterations frequently happe^t 

 in the feafons^ as will occafo72 the diffe- 

 rence befcre-mentioned in t^he time of 

 ripening of fever al fruits. 



There are aljo the fame kinds of worh^ 

 direBed to be pejfonned i7t diffei-ent 

 mo7iths^ which to thofe who are unex- 

 perienced in the praEiical parts of Gar* 

 de7ii?tg^ may appear to be abfurd\ but 

 thofe who are better acquainted with the 

 fubje&Sy hiow^ that in differ e7it feafo7ts 

 a72d ftuatio72s^ the farne work 77iay be 

 performed to advantage^ three weeks or 

 a 7no77th earlier or later \ fo that the prac- 

 titioner 7nufl be dire&ed herein by his 

 own judgment and obfervatio7i^ as it is 

 impojffible to prefcribe rules for the va- 

 riety of feafons and fetuations^ without 

 repeating thefe necejjary works i7i dif- 

 ferent months ; therefore the 7770ft fkilful 

 Gardeners will allow of thefe frequent 

 repetitions^ knowing it to be very necejjary 

 to put crops into the grou77d^ when thofe 



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