TO OF A NURSERY. SECT. VI, 



The foil of a nurfery mould be dry, free and in 

 heart; but not much enriched with dung, left a raisk- 

 nefs of food give too great a freedom of growth, and a 

 habit in the plants, which not being indulged by a like 

 foil afterwards, difappointments enfue. A dungy foil 

 alio encourages worms and infects, to the injury of 

 feedlings, and makes young plants more liable to be 

 cut off in a fharp winter; too rank a foil, alfo, prevents 

 the juices of plants from being properly digefted, and 

 fb they are lefs fruitful. 



On ground defigned to be fown, or planted in 

 fpring, if it needs refrefhing, lay on a little well con- 

 fumed dung towards winter. See page 46. 



A nurjery fhould be laid out into beds of about four 

 feet wide, with alleys of about two; and thus all the 

 work of it will be done conveniently, and the plants 

 will have free air to firengthen them. In the alleys 

 may be buried fame dung, which will be at band, and 

 iiieful, when csnjumed by time and turning over, to 

 drefs the beds as they may need it. 



Stacks for grafting fruit, are raifed from fucp.ers of 

 plumbs, cherries, codlins, crabs, pears and quinces ; 

 and fometimes from cuttings of codlins and quinces ; but 

 thofe flocks raifed from feeds and Jiones are much heft 

 tf we confult freedom of growth. Ir fucker ftocks 

 grow ever fo well, they are apt to put forth fuckers, 

 which is not only a troublefome circumftance, but 

 exhaufls a tree, and prevents fruitrulnefs. It is to be 

 imderftood, that the graff will (in fome meafure) partake 

 of the nature of the flock; therefore foit, mealy fruit, 

 ought to be propagated on auftere ftocks 5 and the con- 

 trary; tender, delicious fruits defigned for forcing, 

 fnould always be on fmart flavoured flocks, or they 

 become infipid. 



Though crab flocks for apples are moflly ufed, yet 

 the ripe black feeds of any other fmart eating apple 

 may be fown, either in autumn or fpr'ng. Sow in 

 autumn, ( October or November J > and if this fowing fails, 



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