On Baisiuf/ Apple Trees, ami Malihg Cider. 103 



In this seminary the young stocks are to remain two 

 years from the time of sowin^r ^ durint^ which time no at- 



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tcntion to them is necessary, but that of preserving them 

 from external injuries, and puUing up such noxious weed 

 as may arise among them. At the end of this time, they 

 must be taken up, thrown into two parcels (of great and 

 small) and trimmed root and branch. The lateral branches 

 must be shortened to about six inches, and the leading 



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brancli taken off at two feet from the upper roots. The 

 spill or tap-root must also be taken off below the fibres^ and 

 the other roots pruned or jD^^shed^ in such manner that the 

 whole ramifications of fibres appendant thereto may be 

 spread in a circular^ or at least in the most commodious, 

 manner for drawing nourishment from the greatest space of 

 ground possible after transplantation. J Such of those 

 stocks as are more than an inch in circumference^ must be 

 transplanted in a quincunx order^ two feet and half apart 

 each way. The smaller ones may be transj)lanted in rows 

 of a foot distance^ and three or four inches apart in the 

 rows : whence they may be 'again transplanted^ at the 

 proper distance for grafting, a year or two afterwards. 



The method to be recommended for transplanting, is this. 

 Let trenches be made in the nurserybed (which is supposed to 



have been cleansed and well dug aforehand) about a foot 



broad, 



X Here it may be noted, that such Grabbles as have before shewn a broad, well formod 

 leaf, and run tall and straight, may be trained as toUding trees; which possibly may pro- 

 duce good older fruit without grafting: whereby the nurseryman will save two years in 

 bringing a tree to perfection. Cut, should thfe tree deceive him, when it shews its fruit, 

 he may graft it in the head ; n^d but little time will be lost by such means. 



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