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CHESTNUT — i 



CRANBERRY. 



SECT. VI. 



OF TOE CHESTNUT. 



The chestnut is cultivated in England, either for 

 ornament, or timber, or as underwood. As a fruit 

 tree, the nuts rarely arrive at any degree of perfec- 

 tion. It has been an object with some nurserymen 

 to introduce the best and earliest varieties from the 

 south of Europe, and to dwarf them by working, &c. 

 But it will be long before the chestnut can be raised 

 to the rank of a British fruit tree. 



The varieties of the chestnut, such as the shining 

 leaved, variegated, kc, are easily propagated by 

 grafting on the common. 



The stocks are raised from the common imported 

 nuts, sowed in a seed-bed in the spring, and trans- 

 planted from thence in the autumn into nursery 

 rows ; where, after having two years growth, they 

 will be of sufficient strength for grafting. 



SECT. VII. 



OF THE CRANBERRY. 



The cranberry is a native of Britain, and has been 

 long used as a culinary fruit, though but lately 

 brought into cultivation. Large importations are 

 received from North America, and considerable 



