Chap. V1. POMONA. 
The beft and biggeft of thefe Plums are Planted on Eaft, or Weft. 
walls, and in Pallifade hedges, the other will bear well in Standards ; 
the Fruit buds from Chriffmas to April, are often picked off by Birds, 
which if not carefully prevented, will foon fruftrate your expes 
tation. : 
CHAP, Vi, 
Mala Armeniaca jive pracocia. 
He Apricock, efpecially the common fortis known unto 
all, but we have feveral better kinds wherewith it 
concerns every ingenious Planter to be acquainted, 
— mon fort; an vith the firft ripe, = 
The Algier Apricock is leffer in all the partsthan the common 
kind ; the fruit is fmall, round and yellow, ripe a moneth or more be 
fore the other kinds; the tree is tender, and impatient of long frofts, 
from which (in the more Northerly fcituation) it requires with Mats 
_tobedetended. : 7 : 
The Mafculine Apricock hath thinner and {moother leaves, thau 
thofe of the common kind, the fruit larger, better, and fooner ripe, 
but if the Tree be not well ordered, unapt to bear, 
the. vicock differeth chiefly from the laft, in that the fruit 
is longer, and of a paler yellow colour Sperm 
The white A pricock hath the leaves folded; feldome opening . the 
fruit is leffer, whiter, and better than that of the common kind, 
The orengé Apricock is fomething like the ordinary fort, only the 
fruit is fairer, rounder and better, ofa deep yellow colour, and good 
tafte, | | 
~ Ghe Great Roman Apriceck is bigger in all the parts than any of the 
Okc. i fruit alfo fee than hat of any other kind, and excel- 
lent to preferve, .{\:le0s oui f?. | 
cocks are eafily railed, being apt to take, inoculated on 4 
tat hice ; thofe ae have the largeft Shoots, leaves, and Fruits, are 
fitceft for this purpofe,: as alfo for budding of Peaches, and for graft- 
ing other good forts of Plums , Apricocks require to be planted ona 
Sonth wall, and co be. often pruned, being apt to grow in wood, amd 
therefore the Midfomer Pruning, as well as the Winters, is nor £0 be 
and therefore to be defcribed: we will pafs by the coms 
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