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than others. It may be sufficient to name the Brus- 

 sels, the Moore-Park, and the Turkey. The first 

 carries most fruit as to number ; but, the others are 

 larger and of finer flavour. Perhaps two trees ot 

 each of these sorts would be the most judicious se- 

 lection. I have heard, that the Apricot does not do 

 in this country ! That is to say, I suppose, it w^ill 

 not do of its own accord, like a peach, by having 

 the stone flung upon the ground, which it certainly 

 will not: and it is very much to be commended for 

 refusing to do in this way. But, properly managed, 

 I know it W'il] do, for I never tasted finer Apricots 

 than I have in America ; and, indeed, who can be- 

 lieve that it will not do in a country, where there 

 are no blights of fruit trees worth speaking of, and 

 where melons ripen to such perfection in the natu 

 ral ground and almost without care ? 



302. BARBERRY.— This fruit is well known. 

 The tree, or shrub, on w^hich it grows, is raised from 

 the seed, or from suckers, or layers. Its place 

 ought to be in the South Border ; for, the hot sun 

 is rather against its fruit growing large. 



303. CHERRY.— Cherries are budded or grafted 

 i^pon stocks raised from cherry-stones of any sort. 

 If you want the tree tall and large, the stock should 

 come from the small black cherry tree that grows 

 wald in the woods. If you w^ant it dwarf, sow the 

 stones of a morello or a May-duke, The sorts of 

 cherries are very numerous ; but, the six trees for 

 my garden should be, a May-cherry, a May -duke, 

 a black-heart, a white-heart, and two bigeroons 

 The four former are well known in America, but I 

 never saw but two trees of the last, and those I sent 

 from England to Bustleton, in Pennsylvania, in the 

 year 1800. They are now growing there, in the 

 gardens of the two Messrs. Paul's. Cuttings from 



