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the double floweringKind); but they 

 are both hardy enough to refill the 

 fevereft Cold of our Climate in 

 the open Air ; and if planted againft 

 warm Walls, in a good Situation, 

 the firft Sore will often produceFruit, 

 which, in warm Seafons, will ripen 

 tolerably well : but as thefe Fruits 

 do not ripen till tate in the Autumn, 

 they are lcldom well tafted in Eng- 

 land ; for which Reafon the Sort 

 with double Flowers is commonly 

 preferr'd to it. The Sort with fweet 

 Fruit, as alfo the wilJ Sort, are lefs 

 common in thcEnglijb Gardens than 

 the former two. 



Thefe Plants may be eafily propa- 

 gated by laying down their Branches 

 in the Spring, which in one Year's 

 time will take good Root, and may 

 then be tranfpianted where they are 

 defign'd to remain. The bell Sea- 

 fon tor tranfplantmg of thefe Trees 

 is in Spring, juft before they begin 

 to (hoot : they ihould have a ftrong 

 rich Soil, in which they flower mucn 

 better, and produce more Fruir, 

 than if planted on a dry poor Earth: 

 but in order to obtain thefe in plen- 

 ty, there mould be care taken in the 

 Pruning of the Trees ; for want of 

 which, we often fee thefe Trees ve- 

 ry full ol fmall Shoots ; but do not 

 find many Flowers produced upon 

 them : therefore I fhall fet down 

 Directions for pruning of thefeTrees, 

 fo as to obtain a great Quantity of 

 Flowers and Fruit. 



The Flowers of this Tree always 

 proceed from the Extremity of the 

 Branches which were produced the 

 fame Year: this therefore caredb, 

 That all weak Branches of the former 

 Year fhou'd be cut cut; and that the 

 ifronger mould be mortened in pro- 

 portion to their Strength, in order 

 to obtain new Shoots in every Part 

 of the Tree : thefe Branches may be 



laid in againitthe Wall, aboat four 

 or five Inches afuncer ; for, as their 

 Leaves are fmall, there is not a Ne- 

 ceffity of allowing them a greater 

 Dillance. The beft t me for this 

 Work is about Michaelmas, or a lit- 

 tle later, acco"d:ng to the Mildnefs 

 of the Seafon : but if they are left 

 until Spring before they are prun'd, 

 they fcldom put out their Shoots fo 

 early ; and the earlier they come cut, 

 the fooncr the Flowers will appear, 

 which is of great Conftquence where 

 Fruit is defired. In Summer they 

 will require no other Dreffmg, but 

 to cut off very vigorous Shoo:s which 

 grow from the Wall, and never pro- 

 duce Flowers (for they are the mid- 

 dling Shoots only which are fruit- 

 ful) ; and when the Fruit isform'd, 

 the Branches on which they grow, 

 mould be fattened to the Wall to 

 fupport them otherwiie the Weight 

 of the Fruit, when grown large, will 

 be apt to break them down. 



Tho\ as I faid before, the Fruit of 

 this Tree feldom arrives to any Per- 

 fection in this Country, fo as to ren- 

 der it valuable; yet, for the Bea.ty 

 of its fcarlet-coloured Fiowers, toge- 

 ther with the Variety of its Fruit, 

 there mould be one Tree planted in 

 every good Garden, fince the Cul- 

 ture is not great which they requ ; re: 

 the chief Care is, to plant ihem upon 

 a rich ftrong Soil, and in a warm 

 Situation. Upon fome Trees wi.ich 

 had thefe Advantages, I liave ob- 

 tained a great Quantity of Fruit 

 which have arrived to their full 

 Magnitude ; but I cannot fay they 

 were well flavour'd ; novve.er, they 

 made a very handfom'e Appearance 

 upon the Trees. 



The double - flowering Kind is 

 much more eileemed tr an the other 

 in this Country, for the fake of it* 

 large fine double Flowers, " w hich 

 • 4 C 2 are 



