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the fpring may be adopted towards the end of February* 

 At thefe times, the well ripened Teens of pears, or 

 Hones of plums, or cherries, may be fown. The 

 {tones of any fort of plum, [damfons excepted)produce 

 ilocks for apricots, peaches and neftttrirtes ; and though 

 the white forts are dommonly preierred, the red wheat* 

 plumb is excellent for the apricot ; ot black p lums the 

 mufcle is the beft. 



Thofe feeds or [tones that are faved early, or are to 

 be kept through the winter ior fpring fowiirg, [which 

 many prefer), mould be preferred from air in dry 

 fand : Uet them be put in a box layer upon layer, three 

 or four courfes, covering the top three inches, and 

 guard agaiuft mice. Nuts, acorns and chejnuts are put 

 m the ground at the fame time, as alfo the feeds of 

 various forts of Jhrubs and farejl trees. The tenderer 

 forts of fhrubs and trees are indeed bed fown in March, 

 or beginning of April ; and a gentle hot-bed would 

 be 01 advantage, to bring up the feeds with cer- 

 tainty. 



The feeds, or kernels of apples and pears may be 

 fown in drills a full inch deep, a foot afunder, and 

 fcattered thinly in them, preffing the ground a little to 

 them; or fow at broad erf. But take care not to ufe 

 the feeds of fruit that has grown on a hollow tree, tor 

 they will not vegetate. 



The f ones of any fruit mould be fown at near two 

 inches depth; and nuts, &c. at three cr four. Stones 

 and nuts mull be fet thin, and rather (as of fome advan- 

 tage) the fmall end upwards,- for here the moot pufhes 

 out, or they may be laid fiat. If the beds are fown all 

 over, cover the feed with mould previoufly drawn 

 afide in the alleys; but drills have the neateft appear- 

 ance, and fome little ufe may be made of the fpaces 

 between them the firftyear. 



Prepare the beds by digging the foils well to a full 

 foot in depth, and let the furface be made fine: thus 

 will the roois &rike down freely to preferve themfeives 



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