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and an half, or three Feet in the 



Stem, to thofe which are much taller; 

 or to plant them as Dwarfs againit 

 an Efpalier, where, if they are foil- 

 fully managed, they will produce a 

 large Quantity of good Fruit; and 

 the Trees in Efpalier may be more 

 conveniently covered in the Spring, 

 when the Seafon proves bad ; where- 

 by there will be a Certainty of Fruit 

 every Year. 



Thefe Fruits are all propagated 

 by budding them on Plum-flocks, 

 and will readily take upon almoft 

 any Sort of Plum, provided the 

 Stock be free and thriving, except 

 the Brujfi's Kind, which is ufually 

 budded on a Sort of Stock, com- 

 monly called the St. Julian, which 

 better fuits this Tree, as being gene- 

 rally planted for Standards, than 

 any other Sort of Plum will. The 

 manner of raifing the Stocks, and 

 budding thefe Trees, (hall be treated 

 of under their particular Articles, 

 to which I refer the Reader, and 

 mail proceed to their Planting and 

 Management. 



Thefe Trees are all, except the 

 two laft Sorts, planted againft Walls, 

 and mould have an Eaft or Weft 

 Afpedt; for if they are planted full 

 South, the great Heat caufes them 

 to be mealy before they are well 

 eatable. 



The Borders under thefe Walls 

 mould be fix Feet wide, at leaft, 

 and, if it were more, the better ; 

 but I would never advife the making 

 of them fo deep as is the general 

 Cuftom ; for if the Earth be two 

 Feet deep, or two and an half at 

 moll, it is enough. 



If your Ground is a wet cold 

 Loam or Clay, you mould raife your 

 Borders as much above the Level of 

 the Surface as it will admit, laying 

 fome Stones or Rubbifti in the Bot- 

 tom, to prevent the Roots from 



funning downwards ; but if you 

 plant upon a Chalk or Gravel, you 

 muf: remcve it to a confidcrable 

 Wid:h, to make room for a good 

 Soil to be put in ; but you need not 

 go above two Feet and an half deep 

 at moft. 



The Soil I would in general ad- 

 vife to be ufed for thefe, and all 

 other Sorts of Fruit-trees, is frefli 

 untry'd Earth, fromaPaftnre-ground, 

 taken about ten Inches deep, with 

 the Turf, and laid to rot and mel- 

 low at leaft twelve Months before 

 it is ufed ; and this inuft be kept 

 often turned, to fweeten and imbibe 

 the nitrous Particles of the Air. 



When the former Soil of the Bor- 

 der is taken away, this frefh Earth 

 mould be carried in the P'ace ; and; 

 if the Borders are filled with it two 

 Months before the Trees are planted, 

 the Ground will be better fettled, 

 and not fo liable to fink after the 

 Trees are planted : in filling of the 

 Borders the Ground fhould be raifed 

 four or five Inches above the Level 

 they are defigned, to allow for the 

 Settling. 



Your Borders being thus prepared, 

 make choice of fuch Trees as are 

 but of one Year's Growth from bud- 

 ding; and, if your Soil is dry, or 

 of a middling Temper, you mould 

 prefer October as the beft Seafon 

 for Planting, efpecially having, at 

 that time, a greater Choice of Trees 

 from the Nurferies, before they 

 have been picked and drawn over 

 by other People. The manner of 

 preparing thefe Trees for Planting 

 being the fame in common with 

 other Fruit-trees, I mail refer the 

 Reader to the Article of Peaches, 

 where he'll find it largely treated 

 of. 



Your Trees being thus prepared, 

 you mull mark out the Diftances 

 they are to Hand, w hich, in a good 

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