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produce is watry and zn/ipid, and confequently good for nothing, 
-eyen in the beftof Scaions. And as-an Inftance to prove that 
Pears do delight in what Mr. Bradley calls rich Earth, (by which 
is to be underftood, a good mellow, fandy, deep, holding Loam,) 
let any Perfon goto the Honourable Mr. ‘Fohbuftone’s at Twicken- 
ham, where they will fee, on his Terrafs, are growing the very 
beft Pears in England, and in the greateft Perfe@ion, whofe 
Soil is a fine, rich, holding Loam, fomething inclinable to a_ 
Brick-Earth. Icould inftance divers other Places to prove the 
Miitake; but in regard to its coming from a Gentleman, and 
not from a Gardener, I will modeftly forbear, only adding, 
that ‘ecg. of its being inclinable to Clay, he meant Bricik- | 
rth. ; 
When the Situation and Nature of Soils are inclinable to too 
much Co/d or Wet, let the Holes be prepared as I dire&ted in 
the former Part of this Seé#ion, and therein plant the Lachaffe=- 
rie, Winter-Thorne, Virgoulee, St. Germain, or Amadot, which 
are very fine in their Kinds, and will do on a South Afpeé: tole- 
rable well. eae ge eget 
Pears upon Quince-Stocks, are belt for low Walls, Dwarfs, 
or Efpalliers, and efpecially in wet Lands. Thefe Stocks doth 
effectually cure too great a Luxuriancy in the Pear, and caufés 
it to produce Fruit much fooner than when ona Pear Stock ; but 
then on the other Hand, it has this Evil attending it; it is a 
fhort-lived Tree. 
The feveral Bonchretien Pears, being grafted upon a Quince, 
and planted in a warm Soil, produce much better and larger 
Fruit than on a Pear-Stock. ioe sar cpr bE 
Vhen young new-planted Pear-Trees (and indeed any other) 
are t0O vigorous, running altogether into fruitlefs Wood, take 
them up with Care, an immediately plant them again in the 
fame Place without pruning: This Removal ‘will put a Stop to 
a luxuriant Growth, and caufe the Tree to profper very 
well. 3 
The beft Seafon for pruning Pear-Trees, is at the Fall of the 
Leaf, in which Care muft be taken, to cover all large Wounds 
with a Mixture of Rofim, Mutton-Suet, and Bees-Wax, as foon 
as the Branch is cut off. The laft Year’s Shoots may be pruned 
to nine Inches, a Foot, or eighteen Inches in Length, according 
to the Strength of the Shoot; always obferving to cut out all 
falfe 
