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feveral Feet deep into the Earth, 

 and confequently take in vaft Quan- 

 tities of crude unprepared Juice, 

 which is buoyed up to the extreme 

 Parts of the Tree ; and thefe feldom 

 having many lateral Branches to di- 

 geft and prepare their Juice, by per- 

 fpiring or throwing off the crude 

 Part, before it enters the Fruits. 



And this, I dare fay, univerfally 

 holds good in all Sorts of Fruit- 

 trees, and is often the Occalion of 

 the good and bad Qualities of the 

 fame Sorts of Fruits growing on the 

 fame Soil. 



What has been related about graft- 

 ing this Tree into the Walnut, to 

 promote their bearing, or render 

 their Fruit fairer ; or inoculating 

 Cherries into the Cheftnut, for later 

 Fruit ; is very whimfical and filly, 

 fince neither the Cheftnut nor Wal- 

 nut will receive its own Kind any 

 other way than by inoculating, or 

 inarching 3 and it is the latter only 

 by which the Walnut can be propa- 

 gated ; nor was it ever known, that 

 any two Trees of a different Genus 

 would take upon each other, fo as 

 to produce a good Tree ; therefore 

 we may juft'y explode all thofe dif- 

 ferent Graftings of various Trees 

 upon each other, fo much talked of 

 by the Antients ; at leaft we may 

 fuppofe thofe Trees are not known 

 by the fame Names now, that they 

 are mentioned by in their Writings ; 

 for I have made many Trials upon 

 them, which, although performed 

 with great Care, and in different Sea- 

 sons, yet fcarcely one of them fuc- 

 ceeded. But to return: 



If you defign a large Plantation 

 of thefe Trees for Timber, after 

 having two or three times plowed 

 the Ground, the better to deftroy 

 the Roots cf Weeds, you mould 

 make your Furrows about fix Feet 

 Diftance from each, other, in which 



you fhould lay the Nuts about ten 

 Inches apart, covering them with 

 Earth about three Inches thick ; and, 

 when they come up, you mult care- 

 fully clear them from Weeds : when 

 thefe have remained three or four 

 Years (if the Nuts fucceeded well), 

 you will have many of thefe Trees 

 to remove ; which mould be done 

 at the Seafons before directed, leav- 

 ing the Trees about three Feet Di- 

 ftance in the Rows; at which Di- 

 ftance they may remain three or four 

 Years more, when you mould re- 

 move every other Tree, to make 

 room for the remaining, which will 

 reduce the whole Plantation to fix 

 Feet fquare; which will be Diftance 

 enough for them to remain until 

 they are large enough for Poles ; 

 when you may cut down every other 

 of thefe Trees (making choice of 

 the leaft promifing) within a Foot of 

 the Ground, in order to make Stools 

 for Poles, which, in eight or ten 

 Years time, will be ftrong enough 

 to lop for Hoops, Hop-poles, &e. 

 for which Purpofes they are prefer- 

 able to moft other Trees ; fo that 

 every tenth Year here will be a frelh 

 Crop, which will pay the Rent of 

 tiie Ground, and all other incum- 

 bent Charges, and, at the fame time, 

 a full Crop of growing Timber left 

 upon the Ground : but as the large 

 Trees increafe in Bulk, their Diftance 

 of twelve Feet fquare will be too 

 fmall : therefore, when they have 

 grown to a Size for fmall Boards, you 

 mould fell every other Tree, which 

 will reduce them to twenty - four 

 Feet fquare, which is a proper Di- 

 ftance for them to remain for good : 

 this will give Air to the Underwood 

 (which by this time would be too 

 much overhung by the Clofenefs of 

 the large Trees) ; by which means 

 that will be greatly encouraged, and 

 the fmall Timber felled will pay Ef- 

 ficient 



