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near fix Feet from the Ground ; for 

 otherwife the Graft will not advance 

 much in Height; fo that it will be 

 impofiibleto make a good Tree from 

 fuch as are grafted low, unlefs the 

 Graft is trained upward. 



The ufual Way with the Nurfery- 

 gardeners is, to bud their Stocks in 

 Summer : and fuch of them as mif- 

 carry, they graft the fucceeding 

 Spring (the manner of thefe Opera- 

 tions will be defcribed under their 

 proper Heads). Thofe Trees where 

 the Buds have taken, mult be headed 

 off in the Beginning of March, zbout- 

 fix Inches above the Bud : and when 

 the Bud hath fhot in Summer, if 

 you fear its being blown out by the 

 Winds, you may fatten it up with 

 fome Bafs, or fuch foft Tying, to 

 'that Part of the Stock which was 

 left above the Bud. The Autumn 

 following thefe Trees will be fit to 

 remove. But if your Ground is not 

 ready to receive them, they may re- 

 main two Years before they are 

 tranfplanted : in the doing of which, 

 you mull obferve not to head them, 

 as is by many praclis'd ; for this, 

 very often, is immediate Death to 

 them : but if they furvive it, they 

 feldom recover this Amputation in 

 five or fix Years. 



If thefe Trees are intended for a 

 Wall, I would advife the planting 

 Dwarfs between the Standards ; lb 

 that while the Dwarfs are filling the 

 Bottom of the Walls, the Standards 

 will cover the Tops* and will pro- 

 duce a great deal of Fruit: but 

 thefe, as the Dwarfs arife to fill the 

 Walls, mull be cut away, to make 

 room for them: and when the 

 Dwarf-trees cover the Walls, the 

 Standards fhould be intirely taken 

 away. But I would advife, never 

 to plant Standard-cherries over other 

 Fruits ; «for there is no other Sort of 



Fruit that will profper well under 

 the Drip of Cherries. 



When thefe Trees are taken up 

 from the Nurfery, their Roots mull 

 be fhortened, and all the bruifed 

 Parts cut off; as alfo all the fmall 

 Fibres, which would dry, grow 

 mouldy, and be a great Prejudice to 

 the new Fibres in their coming forth ; 

 you mull alfo cut off the dead Part 

 of the Stock which was left above 

 the Bud, clofe down to the Back- 

 part of it, that the Stock may be co- 

 ver'd. If thefe Trees are defign'd 

 for a Wall, obferve to place the Bud 

 direclly from the Wall, that the 

 Back-part of the Stock that was cut, 

 may be hid from Sight. The Soil 

 that Cherries thrive bell in, is a frelh 

 Hazel-loam : but if the Soil is a dry 

 Gravel, they will not live many 

 Years, and will be perpetually 

 blighted in the Spring. 



The Sorts commonly planted 

 againll Walls are the Early May and 

 May Duke, which mould have a 

 South Wall. The Hearts and com- 

 mon Duke will thrive on a Weft 

 Wall; and, in order to continue 

 this Sort later in theSeafon, they are 

 frequently planted againll North and 

 North-well Walls, where they fuc- 

 cced very well ; and the Morello on 

 a North Wall ; which lalt is chiefly 

 planted for preferring. The Hearts 

 are all of them ill Bearers ; for which 

 Realbn they are feldom planted 

 againlt Walls : but I am apt to be- 

 lieve, if they were grafted upon the 

 Bird-cherry, and manag'd properly, 

 that Defect, might be remedied : for 

 this Stock (as I am inform 'd) will 

 render Cherries very fruitful ; and 

 having the fame Effec"l on Cherries, 

 as the Paradife llock hath on Apples, 

 they may be kept in lefs Compafs ; 

 which is an Experiment well worth 

 the Trial.' 



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