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Very thick. When a Peach hafch all 

 tr-:fe Qualities, it may be efteem'd 

 a valuable Fruit. 



All the different Sorts of Peaches 

 have been originally obtain'd from 

 the Stones ; which, being planted, 

 produce new Varieties, as do the 

 , Seeds of all other Fruits ; fo that 

 where Peri'ons have Garden enough 

 to allow room for propagating thefe 

 Fruits from Seeds, there is no doubt 

 but many good Sorts may be ob- 

 tain*d, which will be better adapted 

 to our Climate than fuch as are 

 brought from warmer Countries ; 

 thy it is true, that there will be 

 mmy pf ihem good for nothing;, as 

 is the Cafe of moll Fruits and Flow- 

 ers which are produe'd from Seeds, 

 amongit which there may be fome 

 valuable Kinds, fuperior to thofe 

 from whence the Seeds were taken ; 

 yet there is always a great Number 

 which are little worth : but if we 

 can obtain only two or three valu- 

 able Sorts, it is fufricient to make 

 amends for the Trouble of raifing 

 them : but where Perfona are fo 

 cUfious as to plant the Stones of thefe 

 Fruits, great Regard mould be had 

 to the Sorts ; and if the Fruit were 

 permitted to remain upon the Trees 

 until they dropped oft", the Kernels 

 would be fitter for planting, and more 

 likely to grow. The belt Sorts for 

 lowing are thofe whofe Flelh is firm, 

 and cleaves to the Stone ; and from 

 amongtt thefe you mould choofe fuch 

 as ripen pretty early, and have a rich 

 vinous Juice ; from which Sorts fome 

 good Fruit may be expected. 



Thefe Stones mould be planted in 

 Autumn, on a Bed of light dry 

 Earth, about three Inches deep* and 

 four Inches afunder ; and in the 

 Winter the Beds mould be cover'd, 

 to protect them from the Froft, 

 which, if permitted to enter deep 

 into the Ground, will deftroythem : 



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in the Springi when the Plants come 

 up, they mould be carefully clear'd 

 from the Weeds, which mould alf6 

 be obferv'd throughout the Summer; 

 • and if the Spiing mould prove very 

 dry, if you re/refh them now-and- 

 then with a little Water, it will 

 greatly promote their Growth : in 

 this Bed they mould remain until 

 the following Spring, when they 

 mould be carefully taken up, fo a? 

 not to break their tender Roots, and 

 tranfplanted into aNurlery, inRows 

 three' Feet alund-.r, and e-'ghteen 

 Inches diftaat Plant from Plant in 

 the Rows ; obfervmg to lay a little 

 Mulch upon the Surface of the 

 Ground about their Roots, to pre- 

 vent its drying too fafl : and if the 

 Spring fhoild prove very dry, you 

 mould give them a little Water 

 once a Week, until they have taken 

 Root ; after which, they mould be 

 conlrantly kept clear from Weeds, 

 and the Grourd between the Rows 

 carefully dug everySpring, to loofen 

 it, fo as that the tender Fibres may 

 ftrike out on every Side. 



In this Nurfery they may con- 

 tinue two cr three Years ; after 

 which, they mould be tranfplanted 

 where they are to remain, to pro- 

 duce Fruit. 



In removing thefe Trees, you 

 mould obferve to prune their down- 

 right Roots (if they have any) pret- 

 ty fhort, and to cut eft all bruifed 

 Parts of the Roots, as alfo all the 

 fmall Fibres, which do generally 

 dry, and, when left upon the Roots 

 after planting again, grow mouldy, 

 and decay ; fo that they aro injuri- 

 ous to the new Fibres which are ihot 

 out from the Roots, and very often 

 prevent the Growth of the Trees : 

 but you mould by no means prune 

 their Heads ; for the Plants which 

 are produced from Stones, are gene- 

 rally of a mere fpongy Texture, and 



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