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White -thorn, &e. and, being of 

 quick Growth, is very proper for 

 that Purpofe. 



All the Sorts of Plums are propa- 

 gated by budding or grafting them 

 upon Stocks of the Muicle, Wnite 

 Pear, St. Julian, Bonum Magnum, 

 or any other Sorts of free- (hooting 

 Plums.' 1 The manner of raifmg thete 

 Stocks hath been already exhibited 

 under the Article of Nurferies ; there- 

 fore need not be repeated again in 

 this Place : but I would obferve, 

 that Budding is much preferable to 

 Grafting for thefe Sorts of Fruit- 

 trees, which are very apt to gum, 

 where-ever there are large Wounds 

 imde on them. 



The Trees fhould not be more 

 than a Year's Growth from the Bud, 

 when they are tranfplanted ; for if 

 they are older, they feldom fucceed 

 fo well, being very fubjecY to can- 

 ker ; or, if they take well to the 

 Ground, commonly produce only 

 two or three luxuriant Branches; 

 therefore it is much more advifeable 

 to choofe young Plants. 



The manner of preparing the 

 Ground (if for Walls) is the fame as 

 for Peaches; as is alfo the pruning 

 the Roots, and planting ; and there- 

 fore I mall forbear repeating it 

 again. The Diftance which thefe 

 Trees mould be planted at, muft 

 not be lefs than twenty, or twenty- 

 four Feet ; and if the Wall is low, 

 they mould be placed thirty Feet 

 afunder. 



Plums fhouid have a middling 

 Soil, neither too wet and heavy, nor 

 over * light and dry ; in either of 

 which Extremes they feldom do fo 

 well : and thofe Sorts which are 

 planted againiY Walls, mould be 

 placed to an Eaft or South-eaft Af- 

 pedt ; which is more kindly to thefe 

 Fruits than a full South Afpeft, on 

 which they are fubjeel to (hrivel, and 



be very dry ; and "many Sorts will 

 be extreme mealy, if expos'd too 

 much to the Heat of the Sun ; but 

 molt Sorts will ripen extremely well 

 on Efpaliers, if rightly manag'd. 



There are fome Perfons who plant 

 Plums for Standards, in which Me- 

 thod fome of the ordinary Sorts will 

 bear very well; but then the Fruit 

 will not be near fo fair as thofe pro- 

 duct on Efpaliers, and will be more 

 in Danger of being bruifed, or blown 

 down, by ftrong Winds. The Di- 

 ftance of placing them for Efpaliers 

 muft be the fame as againfl Walls ; 

 -as mult alfo their Pruning and Ma- 

 nagement ; fo that whatever may be 

 hereafter mention a for one, mould 

 be likewile underltood for both. 



Plums do not only produce their 

 Fruit upon the Jail Year's Wood, but 

 alfo upon Curfons or Spurs, which 

 come out of Wood that is many 

 Yeai s old ; fo that there is not a Ne- 

 ceffity of friortening the Branches, 

 in order to obtain new Shoots annu* 

 ally in every Part of the Tree (as in 

 Peachcs„Nec~tarines, &c. hath been 

 directed), fmce the more thefe Trees 

 are pruned, the more luxuriant they 

 grow, until the Strength of them is 

 exhaufted, and then they gum and 

 fpoil : therefore the fafeft Method to 

 manage thefe Trees is, to lay in 

 their Shoots horizontally, as they 

 are produced, at equal Diftances, in 

 proportion to the Length of their 

 Leaves ; and where there is not a 

 fufficient Quantity of Branches to 

 fill up the Vacancies of the Tree, 

 there the Shoots may be pinchfd the 

 Beginning of May (in the manner as 

 hath been directed for Peaches,cjrV.^; 

 which will caufe them to produce 

 fome lateral f ranches to fupply thofe 

 Places ; and during the growing Sea- 

 fon, all fore-right Shoots lhouid be 

 dtfpiaced ; and Inch as are to remain 

 muft be regularly cram'd in to the 



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