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MELON. 



flower, and on the accident of both male and female 

 flowers coming" forth at the same time. Sometimes 

 the male catkins drop before the females are ex- 

 panded, in which case no fruit can follow. 



The trees are best planted on a velvety piece of 

 turf, provided the soil is suitable ; because the best 

 fruit are apt to drop, and if on turf are not lost. 

 Standard trees require no pruning after they are out 

 of the nurseryman's hands ; and dwarfs on walls 

 never bear well till they are very ugly wall trees ; 

 that is, till they are covered with long, projecting 

 spurs. 



The mulberry is remarkable for its late leafing, 

 seldom green before the twentieth of May ; and also 

 for another circumstance, viz, it is seldom or never 

 preyed on by insects, except the leaves be gathered 

 on purpose by the hand of man. 



SECT. XVI. 



NECTARINE. 



This is one of the most delicious of our wall 

 fruits ; and so very nearly allied to the peach, that 

 they are often found on the same tree. In fact, the 

 French and many other gardeners still call them 

 smooth peaches. The treatment and culture of both 

 are exactly alike, and will be fully treated of in the 

 descriptions of one or other. 



1. FaivchilcVs Earl]/ N, — Ripe about the be- 



