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country, a thing not worthy of a place in a garden. 

 At best, it is only one degree better than a rotten 

 apple. 



314. MELON.— See Melon in Chapter lY. 



315. MULBERRY.— This tree is raised from 

 cuttings or from layers. See Paragraphs 275 and 

 377. The White-Mulberry, which is the finest, 

 and Vvhich the Silk worm feeds on, grows vAld, and 

 bears well, at two miles from the spot where I am 

 now Avriting. 



316. NECTARINE, — As to propagation, planting 

 and cultivation, the Nectarine is, in all respects, 

 the same as the peach, which, therefore, see. It 

 is certainly a finer fruit, especially the Violet Nec- 

 tarine ; but, it is not grown, or, but very little, in 

 America. I cannot believe, that there is any in- 

 surmountable obstacle in the way. It is grown in 

 England very w^ell. The White French would 

 certainly do here ; and it is the most beautiful of 

 fruit, and a greater bearer, though not so fine in 

 flavour, as the Violet, The Newington, the Roman. 

 are by no means so good. I would have in the 

 Garden three trees of each of the two former. 



317. NUT.— Grows wild. Not worthy of a 

 place in the Garden. Is propagated, and the fruit 

 preserved, like Filberd, which see. 



318. PEACH. — The peach being the principal 

 tree for the garden, I shall, under this head, give 

 directions for pruning and forming the tree, — 

 Peaches are propagated by budding. The stock 

 should be of plum, for the reasons given in Para- 

 graph 281. — The tree is to be planted, agreeably to 

 the directions in Paragraphs 2S2 to 288. And now 

 for the pruning and forming the tree. Look at 

 Plate IV. fig, 2, and fi.g. 3. The first is a peach 

 tree such as I would have it at four or five years, 



