102 On Baisiuj Apple Trees, mid Malnng Cider. 



to saiitl, than that ^vhich by writers on agriculture is gene- 

 rally considered a due propoHion for good mould. It must 

 not be understood, that the writer hereof means to recom- 

 mend a soil composed merely of clay and sand, without the 

 auxiliary aid of putrid mucilages, or other subjects of ma- 

 nure : but that he would recommend such an enriched soil, 

 as is not of too strong a tenacity to itivour the germination 

 of the kernels sown therein. On soil it may only be further 

 necessary, to remark, that for the doclcs, when transplanted 

 from the seminar?/ to the mirserf/, a greater degree of tenacity 

 is required, than what is before mentioned: so that if the 

 due proportion of clay to sand, in common mould, be as one 

 to four; in the scmimr?j for apple Jcernels, it may be as one to 

 ^c'j and for the sioch in the nurserij, it may be somewhat 

 more than as one to four. 



Having prepared a bed of such soil in the seminary, as is 

 mentioned above, let there be taken, in the latter end of 

 October, or early part of November, from the strainings or 



pumice,* of a cider or verjuice cheesef a quantity of ker- 

 nels, which sow thereon, covering them with sifted mould 

 about an inch over ; where they will germinate, and sprin 

 up about April foUowino-. 





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