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Feb. 
| _ or an Efpalier, we fhall direct the Quince Stock, 
The Pear Stock makes the Fruit incline to 
—. Softnefs and Mellownefs ; the Quince Stock 
gives a Firmnefs and Roughnefgs to it: and the | 
Hawthorn, though not remark’d by Writers on 
Gardening, is apt to make the Fruit hard at the 
Core. es 
For this Reafon the Pear Stock is beft fuited to 
the harder Kinds of Fruit; the Quince Stock to 
thofe of the foft melting Kind: the Hawthorn 
will be found lefs valuable than either, and only 
fuited to thofe baking Pears whofe Core is taken 
out. . 
For the raifing a foft Pear for a Dwarf Tree, 
A GCOMPLEAT BODY 
and let this be budded, or gtafted clofe tothe Feb, 
Ground. 
All the melting Pears may be thus propagated 
very fuccefsfully ; but the Rule fhould be uni- 
-verfal againft the breaking Kinds, becaufe in dry 
| Summers they always are ftony at the Core when 
this Stock is ufed. _ | 
‘The breaking “Pears never fucceed fo well as 
when they are grafted upon Stocks raifed from 
the Kernels of the melting Pears. | 
The Grafts muft be very well fecured by Clays 
for the Seafon of drying Winds is coming on; 
and if that be not well done, all the Labour is 
loft. mene 
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CHLORIS, o the KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
andfomeé Hole, and draw the Mould properly 
up to the Stem. When they are all in, let them 
have a gentle Watering. 
As foon as they are planted, let a Piece of 
Ground be dug up for receiving them final- 
ly, where they are to grow to their full Big- 
FYNHIS Week let the Gardener begin his fow- 
“ ing of Cabbages and Savoys for Winter 
Service. A Fortnight hence would be a bet- 
ter ‘Time to put in Seed for the large Crop, but 
_ it will be very proper té begin with a {mall Parcel 
now, becaufe they will come im at fo acceptable a 
Time. ; | oS i 
‘Let him remember what we have faid concern- 
ing the repeated planting and fowing of Peafe and 
Beans; and let the fame Praétice, though in a 
lefs Degree, be transfer’d to this Part of the 
Ground. _ : : | pee, | 
- Let him dig up the Piece he intends fhall ferve 
for the Purpofe; and this Week fow a {mall 
Quantity in the warmeft Place; next Week let 
him fow more, and fo on till about three Weeks 
hence he fets in the laft Parcel, | 
Nels." 2 
_ The Quantity of Ground for this Purpofe is 
to be determin’d by the Number of Plants, for 
they fhould ftand a Yard diftant every Way. Let 
not this furprize the Gardener: we know it is 
more than he allows, but we know alfo, that it 
is not more than fufficient. | 
In Places where Cabbages are raifed for Sale, 
Ground may be {pared by planting. them be- 
tween the Rows of other Crops, as Artichokes, 
and the like; this may be learn’d in every Gar- 
Let him fptead over this Piece of -Gyound a | 
good Quantity of old rotted Dung from a Melon 
Bed, and a little Coal-afhes. Let him dig and 
work thefe well in; and when he has levelled 
the Surface for a fmall Part of the Ground, let 
him fow fome common white Cabbage and Sa- 
voy Seed: the next Week it will be proper to 
few a fecond Parcel, larger than the firft, and the 
_ by thefe Lings place one Plant. Let it into a 
third the Week after, the reft. But as all thefe re- 
quire the fame Management, we fhall take this 
Opportunity of laying it down in a plain and 
familiar Manner. | i 
In about a Month from the Time of fowing, 
dener’s Ground about London: or where there is 
want of Room, a Pratice of that kind mutt be 
admitted elfewhere; but in no cafe let the Gar- 
dener attempt to encreafe the Value of his Crop, 
by placing more than we have mention’d in this 
laft Piece of Ground; for he may be affured, 
that if he plant thirty in the Compafs, wherein, 
according to our Method, there fhould fand only 
twenty, the whole thirty will not be worth half 
the other Crop which has been allow’d free Room 
for the Fibres to fpread; and has been fet in a 
Ground prepared, as we are about to direct, to 
> » 
eee AREA receive the Plants. 
the Plants will be of a’ Height for their firtt | The 
Quantity of Ground being fix’d upon, 
Removal ; and this muft. be fucceffively done, according to the Number of the Plants; let th 
in the fame Manner, with regard to the feveral Dung of an old Melon Bed, and ine teeth 
Crops. fe ) 3 | Pafture Earth, about equal to the Dune in 
: Let a Piece of Ground be dug up when the Quantity, be fcatter’d over it and du : i 
firlt are of due: Bignefs, and let it be in a | in, ae 
Shelter’d and fhaded Place; let Lines be drawn When | it is well mix’d and brok 
along, and acrofs at four Inches and a half Di: whole be thrown up in Rid es oh 
ftance, and in the Centre of every Square made | Manner three Weeks, ie 
let the 
