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fo more liable to decay when cat, 

 than thofe which are budded upon 

 other Stocks. Befides, as thefeTrees 

 are defigned for Standards (for it is 

 not proper to plant them againft 

 Walls, until you fee the Produce of 

 their Fruit, to fhew which of them 

 deferves to be cultivated), fo they 

 will never require any other Prune- 

 ing, but oniy to cut out decayed 

 Branches, or fuch as (hoot out very 

 irregular from the Sides ; for more 

 than this, is generally very injuri- 

 ous to them. 



In planting thefe Tree?, it will be 

 the better way to difpofe them fin- 

 gly in the Quarters of the Kitchen- 

 garden, where they will thrive, and 

 produce Fruit, much better than if 

 they are planted pretty near each 

 other in Rows ; and as they are thus 

 fwgly difpofed, they will not do 

 much Injury to the Crops which 

 grow under them. 



When they have produced Fruit, 

 you will fcon be a Judge of their 

 Goodnefs : therefore fuch of them 

 as you diflike, may be dcftroy'd ; 

 but thofe which are goo*d, may be 

 propagated by inoculating them 

 upon other Stocks, which is the 

 common Method now pra&ifed to 

 propagate thefe Fruits : therefore I 

 lhall now proceed to treat of that 

 more particularly ; in doing which, 

 I mall fet down the Metnod now 

 commonly prattifed by the Nuriery- 

 gardeners ; and then propofe fome 

 few Things of my own, as an Im- 

 provement thereon, for fuch Perfons 

 who are very curious to have good 

 Fruit. But, firft, 



You mould be provided with 

 Stocks of the Mufcle and White 

 Pear - plums, which are generally 

 efleem'd the two beft Sorts of Plums 

 for Stocks to inoculate Peaches and 

 Nectarines upon i. as aifo fome Al- 



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mond and Apricot-ftock% for fome 

 tender Sorts of Peaches, which will 

 not grow upon Plum iiocks : thefe 

 fhould be all produced from the 

 S:one (as hath been already directed 

 in the Article of a Nurferj), and 

 not from Suckers, for the R'-afons 

 there laid down. 



When thefe Stocks have grown 

 in the Nurfery two Years, they will 

 be lirong enough to bud ; the Sea- 

 fon for which is commonly about 

 Midfummer, or any time in Juiy^ 

 when the Rind will eafily feparate 

 from the Wood ; when you lhould 

 make choice of fame good Cuttings" 

 of the Sorts of Fruit you intend to 

 propagate, always obferving to take 

 them from healthy Trees, and fuch 

 as generally produce a good Quanti- 

 ty of well-tailed Fruit ; for it is ve- 

 ry certain, that any Sort of Fruit 

 may be fo far degenerated, where 

 this Care is' wanting, as not to be 

 like the fame Kind. Befides, when* 

 ever a Tree is unhealthy, the Buds 

 taken from that Tree will always 

 retain the Diftemper, in a greater or 

 left Degree, according as it hath im- 

 bibed a greater or lefs Quantity of 

 the diiiemper'd Juice. Thus, for 

 Inlhnce, where a Peach or Necta- 

 rine-tree hath been greatly blighted, 

 fo as that the Shoots have grown 

 bulled, and the Leaves curled up to 

 a great degree, that Diikmper is 

 feldom recover'd again by the 

 greatell Art, or at lead not under 

 feveral Years Management ; for let 

 the Seafons prove ever fo favourable, 

 yet thefe Trees will continually 

 mew the fame Diftemper ; which 

 many Perfons are fo weak as to 

 fuppofe a frefh Blight; whereas in 

 reality it is no other but the Re- 

 mains of the former Sicknefs, 

 which are fpread and intennix'd 

 with all the juices of the Tree ; fo 



that 



