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foms fo weak, that the Icart: inclement wea- 

 ther will deflroy them 5 it v/il! alio be proper, 

 in very dry feafons, to fprinkle fome water gent- 

 ly over the branches of fruit-trees, efpecially ia 

 mild weather J which will ftrengthen the blof- 

 foms, forward the fruit, and alfo be of great 

 fervice to the trees, but this muft be performed 

 with great caution. 



You may yet tranfplant fruit trees upon a 

 moift foil ; but if your ground be not ready 

 before the middle of the month to receive them, 

 it will be proper to take them up, and prune 

 their roots, and then lay them in the ground, 

 covering their roots and ftems with litter, to 

 prevent their being dried by the fun and wind : 

 this will retard their fhooting, and their roots 

 will be prepared for pufhing, by which method 

 there will be little danger of their fucceeding 5 

 provided they are duly watered in dry weather, 

 and the furface of the ground about their roots 

 covered with mulch, to prevent the fun and 

 air from penetrating to the roots of the trees. 



This is the principal month for grafting 

 moft forts of fruit trees, beginning with the 

 early kinds, that is, fuch as come firft out in 

 bloffom, and ending with Apples, which are 

 fome of the latefl in coming out \ but this mud 

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