DECEMBER. 



To be done 

 In thk Orchard, and Olitory Garden. 



Prune, and Nail Wall-fruit, and Standard-trees. 



You may now plant Vines, etc. 



Also Stocks for Grafting, etc. 



Sow, as yet, Pomace of Cider-pressings to raise 

 Nurseries ; and set all sorts of Kernels, Stones, etc. 



Sow for early Beans, and Pease, but take heed of the 

 Frosts ; therefore surest to defer it till after Christmas, 

 unless the Winter promise very moderate. 



All this Moneth you may continue to Trench Ground 

 and dung it, to be ready for Bordures, or the planting of 

 Fruit-trees, etc. 



Now seed your weak Stocks. 



Turn and refresh your Autumnal Fruit, lest it taint 

 and open the Windows where it lyes, in a clear and 

 Serene day. 



Fruits in Prime, or Yet Lasting, 

 apples. 



Rousseting, Leather-coat, Winter-reed, Chest-nut 

 Apple, Great-belly, the Go-no-further, or Cats-head, 

 with some of the precedent Moneth. 



PEARS. 



The Squib-pear, Spindle-pear, Virgin, Gascoyne- 

 Bergomot, Scarlet-pear, Stopple-pear, white, red, and 

 French Wardens (to bake or roost), etc. 



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