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peaches, and others, must be got when the fruit is 

 ripe. The best way is to put them into fine earth, 

 and keep them there till spring. The earth may 

 be placed in a cellar ; or put into a barrel ; or, a 

 little pit may be made in the ground, and it may 

 be placed there. When the winter breaks up, dig 

 a piece of ground deep and make it rich ; make it 

 i| very fine ; form it into beds, three feet wide ; draw 

 ( drills across it at 8 inches distance ; make them 

 I from two to three inches deep ; put in the seeds 

 ,1 pretty thick (for they cost little ;) cover them com- 

 f pletely ; tread the earth down upon them ; and 

 'I then smooth the surface. When the plants come 

 up, thin them to about 3 inches apart ; and keep the 

 ground between them perfectly clean during the 

 summer. Hoe frequently ; but not deep near the 

 plants ; for, we are speaking of trees here ; and 

 'i trees do not renew their roots quickly as a cabbage, 

 \ or a turnip, does. These young trees should be 

 ' kept, during the first summer, as moist as possible, 

 'I without watering ; and the way to keep them as 

 moist as possible is to keep the ground perfectly 

 j, clean, and to hoe it frequently. I cannot help ob- 

 'I serving here upon an observation of Mr. Mar- 

 ' SHALL ; " as to weeding,^^ says he, though seed- 

 i ling trees must not be smothered, yet some small 

 ^ weeds may be sufi'ered to grow in summer, as they 

 r help to shade the plants and keep the ground cooL^^ 

 i Mercy on this Gentleman's readers ! Mr. Marshall 

 I had not read Tull ; if he had, he never would 

 '! have written this very erroneous sentence. It is 



* the roo^- of the weed that does the mischief. Let 

 ] there be a rod of ground well set with even " sinall 

 ' ioeeds,^^ and another rod kept weeded. Let them 

 ' cdjoin each other. Go, after 15 or 20 days of dry 



* weather ; examine the two ; and you will find the 



