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that whatever Buds are taken from 

 fuch Trees, will always retain a Part 

 of the Diftemper. 



Upon the Care which is taken in 

 the Choice of the Buds, the whole 

 Succefs depends ; therefore a Perfon 

 who is curious to have good Fruit, 

 cannot be too careful in this Parti- 

 cular : for, in general, no more is 

 regarded by thofe Nurfery - men 

 who are the moft careful in propa- 

 gating the feveral Sorts of Fruit- 

 trees, than the taking their Buds or 

 Grafts from the true Kinds of Fruit- 

 trees : but there is iliil more Care re- 

 quired to have found healthyTrees, 

 ffpecially in this ofPeach andNecla* 

 rines : for if the Buds are taken from 

 young Plants in the Nurfery, which 

 have not produced Fruit, the Shoots 

 of which are generally very ftrong 

 and vigorous, thefeBuds will have 

 fo vicious an Habit, as rarely to be 

 corrected, and brought into good 

 Order : for they will moot more 

 like the Willow than the Peach ; the 

 Joints being extended to a great 

 Diftance from each other, the Shoots 

 very grofs, and the Wood pithy : 

 therefore where the Practice of take- 

 ing the Buds from Nurfery -trees is 

 long continued, there can be little 

 Hopes of the Trees fo raifed. I 

 would therefore recommend it to 

 all curious Perfons, to procure their 

 Buds from fuch Trees as have been 

 long growing, whofe Fruit are well- 

 flavoured, and the Trees perfectly 

 found ; as alfo never to make choice 

 of the ftrongeft or moft luxuriant 

 Shoots of thefe Trees, but fuch 

 Shoots as are weli-condition'd, and 

 whofe Buds grow pretty clofe toge- 

 ther. And altho' thefe do not make 

 fo ftrong Shoots the following 

 Year, as thofe which are taken from 

 luxuriant Branches, yet they will be 

 better difpofed to bear Fruit, and 

 will make ijiuch better Trees. 



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The Cuttings with which you &t€ 

 thus to be provided, mould always 

 b2 taken from the Trees either in a 

 Morning or Evening, or elfe in a 

 cloudy Day ; for if they are cut oft 

 when the Sun is very hot, the 

 Shoots will perfpire fo freely, as to 

 leave the Buds deftitute of Moift- 

 ure ; which is often the Caufe of 

 their mifcarrying : and the fooner 

 they are ufed when cut from the 

 Trees, the better they will take. The 

 manner of this Operation being ful- 

 ly explain'd under the Article of 

 Inoculation, I (hall not repeat it in 

 this Place. The Management of 

 thefe Trees, during their remaining 

 time in the Nurfery, is likewife ful- 

 ly fet down under that Article. I 

 mail therefore proceed to the Plant- 

 ing of thefe Trees, either again ft 

 Walls, Efpaliers, or for Standards. 

 But as the future Succefs of thefe 

 Trees in a great meafure depends 

 upon the Soil in which they are 

 planted, I fhall briefly fet down the 

 Method of preparing the Earth for 

 the Borders where they are defigned 

 to grow. , 



The'beft Earth for Peach-trees is 

 fuch as is taken from a Pafture- 

 ground, that is neither too ft iff and 

 moift, nor over-dry ; but of a mid- 

 dling Nature. This fhould be dug 

 from the Surface of the Ground 

 about t?n Inches deep, taking the 

 Turf with it ; and fhould be laid in 

 Heaps eight or ten Months at leaft ; 

 but that which is prepared oneYear, 

 is ftilt better before it be ufed ; uu- J 

 ring which time it fhould be often f 

 turn'd, to rot the Turf, and break 

 the Clods ; whereby it will be ren- 

 der'd very light, and eafy to work ; 

 and about the Beginning of Septem- 

 ber you fhould carry ic into the 

 Garden, and make the Borders, 

 which muft be raifed in Height pro- 

 portionable to the Moift u re of the 

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