OF GARDENING. 
June. 
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POMONA, 
HIS Week let fome of the Apricots that 
come in later than the Mafculine, be inocu- 
lated; and the earlieft of the Peaches. The Me- 
thod we have given already, and need only cau- 
tion the Gardener to be obfervant and careful in 
every little Article; for.upon this’ the Succefs 
wholly depends. 
Let him look to the new- planted Trees, which 
we order’d to be fecur’d by Stakes, and thofe 
againft Walls and Efpaliers, by Nailing. If they 
rock about now they will foon be deftroy’d, for 
there is no Seafon at which they can lefs bear it. 
Let the new Shoots of Wall-and Efpalier Trees, 
that grow properly, be faften’d down in different 
Places as they encreafe in Length, ‘and the Stakes 
and Tyeing be kept fecure and firm in the others. 
Let them have a little Mould carefully drawn up 
about their Stems ; and from Time to Time, ac- 
cording to the Drought of the fucceeding Seafon, 
let them be water’d, and all the Caution us’d for 
their Safety that we have direéted for thofe in the 
Nurfery, which are in a like Condition. 
The Berberry Bufh, which has now fhewn the 
~ full Beauty of its Flowers, will be fet for Fruit; 
and this is a Time when the Gardener may, by a 
little Affiftance, greatly i improve its Bignefs, Co- 
Jour and F lavour. This is a Seafon when: the Tree 
requires more than ordinary Nourifhment; and |. 
yet, in the ufual Way of Management, momine 
is at this Time done. 
dunks too much of the Nourifhment which fhould 
go to the new Fruit; if the Trees be too clofe 
they will ftarve one another; and if the Seafon 
prove dry, and the Earth be hard, their Roots 
will be able to take in very little Juice, at a Time 
that they require moft of all. Thefe Accidents 
ufually all happen; the fecond from an Error in 
the Gardener’s Judgment, and the others from 
his Neglect. 
If the Fruit be fupply’d well with Nourifhment 
at this Time, the Bunches will be full, fcarce any 
will fail, and all will have a fine Colour and Fla- 
vour, otherwife they are too often wanting in all 
thefe Particulars. 
To-have fine Berberries, the Shrubs fhould.n not 
_ be planted in Wildernefs Quarters, or Hedges ; or 
too clofe to one another, or to any other Trees: 
they fhould have a Piece of Ground dug purpofely | 
for them; they fhould be planted Sai Yards | 
the Fruit; but it is a Thing quite accidental in 
| the Original, and therefore not certain in the new 
afunder; and have all the Attention of other 
Fruit-Trees. ‘9p 21 
» The Soil -fhould’ be late mal {trong, and it 
fhould be dug up Two-fpade deep before they are | 
planted. The Shrubs fhould be rais’d from 
Layers, and thefe fhould be laid from well efta- 
blifh’d Trees, which bear the Fruit without Ker- 
nels. This is a great Advantage in the Berberry, 
any Way befide. | 
The Layers will be fit to take up in one Year, 
and fhould then be planted in a Nurfery, to ftand | 
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_be-prun’d every Autumn. 
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prvthe PRUILAG AR-D EWN. 
two more. At the End of this Time the Ground 
muft be dug up for them, as we have directed, 
and the young Trees planted: and they muft have 
the common Care of watering and defending them 
till rooted, which we have directed for other 
Trees. 
After this, they will foob be in a Condition of 
bearing Fruit; and both in the Seafon of its 
Ripenefs, and the earlier Period of their Flower- 
ing, they will afford a moft pleafing Object. 
In the Nurfery they muft be train’d up with a 
fingle and ftrait Stem, and the fame Form mutt 
be preferv’d in this Plantation. At about a Yard 
from the Ground the Branches fhould be fuffered 
to rife, and there may very well be allow’d about 
fix of thefe in this Place. From this Part the Stem 
fhould be kept clear to fourteen Inches higher, and ‘ 
it fhould be preferv’d upright, by Means of a Stake. 
‘At this Diftance of fourteen Inches, more 
Branches may be fuffered to grow for bearing; — 
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and the Number may be here about eight: a Foot _ 
above this the Top muft be taken off, and there 
| will fo rife more Branches, fix, eight, or ten of 
which, according to their Growth, may be fuffer’d — 
to remain on; and the ftraiteft and moft upright 
at fourteen Inches more, for a new Supply. - 
In this Way the Tree may very well be car- 
_ry’d up to the Height of nine Foot ;’ and having 
| about fix Series of. Branches in this Compafs, it 
If the Ground be over-run with Weeds, they will will produce a vaft deal of bearing Wood, and | 
will make a very pleafing Figure. 
A Plantation of ten or a dozen of thefe Trees, 
when in Flower or Fruit, will be extremely 
ornamental; and the Fruit they will yield by this 
and the fucceeding Management, will fo much. 
exceed what is commonly rais’d, that thofe who 
have not before tafted the Berberry in Perfection, 
will not eafily believe it to be the fame Thing. 
There are white-fruited Berberry Buthes as well as 
red; and it will be very agreeable to plant about 
one in four of that Kind; for the Mixture of 
white and red will have a pleafing Effect both. 
on the Ground and at the Table. 
It will be advifeable to raife in the Nurfery 
_more Layers than are intended for this Plantation, 
that fuch as have Stones in the Fruit may be re- , 
“jedted. The Want of thefe Stones, which are the 
of them may be ty’d up to the Stake, and cut off | 
Seeds of the Tree, is a great Recommendation to _ 
Trees. | 
The Berberry may be propagated by Sowing, 
_or by Suckers, but in both thofe Ways the Fruit 
_1s more apt to have Kernels: this Way by Layers 
is vaftly more like to have Succefs ; 
certain in every Layer. 
and is not to be obtain’d with tolerable Certainty | 
but it is not 
The Trees being thus rais’d and train’d, muft 
The Branches muft 
not be fhorten’d at their Ends, for the Fruit 
is produc’d in thofe Parts; but all that is to be 
done, 
