FRUITS. CHAP. 



that, gardeners are compelled, in order to insure the sort 

 of fruit which they wish to have, to raise the trees from 

 some part or other of the wood of the tree the like of which 

 they wish to have. The several parts of the wood, taken 

 and used for this purpose, are SLIPS, LAYERS, CUTTINGS, 

 and BUDS. The different methods of propagation suited 

 to each kind will be mentioned under the name of the 

 kinds respectively in the Alphabetical List which will 

 form a part of this present chapter. In this place, 

 therefore, I am to describe the several methods gene- 

 rally, and the general management suited to each. 



201. SLIPS are little branches of one or two year's 

 growth, pulled off from a limb or larger branch of the 

 tree by a downward jerk of the hand. You then take a 

 sharp knife, trim off the ragged bark from the bottom of 

 the slip, and cut the tip of tfoe slip off at the same time, 

 leaving the slip altogether to be about a foot long. The 

 time of the year for taking off slips is about the begin- 

 ning of March ; and, if it were a little earlier, it might be 

 as well. You then plant them as you would a little tree, 

 but three or four inches deep in the ground, and in a 

 shady place, a most convenient place for purposes of this 

 sort would be near the hedge on the south side of the 

 garden. They should be put in a row or rows about 

 eighteen inches apart, and about a foot apart in the row. 

 In this situation they will make shoots in the summer, 

 and make roots. They should be watered a little at the 

 time of planting, and occasionally a little in the spring 

 and summer, until they have shoots two or three inches 

 long. There are many sorts of apples that will admit of 

 propagation in this way, as quinces also will - } and the 



