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ders, before theFruit-trees which are 

 to be forc'd the following Spring ; 

 fo that they may have time to get 

 new Root before that Seafon ; and 

 ifthefe Plants are carefully wa- 

 tered when they begin to (hew their 

 Flower-buds, they will produce a 

 good Quantity of Fruit, which will 

 ripen the Latter-end of April, or the 

 Beginning of May : but then I would 

 alfo advife, that thefe Plants be 

 taken away as foon as they have 

 done bearing, that they may not rob 

 the Trees of sheir Nourifhment. 



Since I have mentiorfd this Me- 

 thod of having early Strawberries, I 

 fhall take the Liberty to infert ano- 

 ther Me'.hod, which is often prattis'd 

 to obtain this Fruit early in the 

 Spring, tho' it doth not fo properly 

 come under this Article ; which is, 

 to train up the Plants either in Pots 

 or Border?, after the manner before 

 direc\ed,for at leaft one Year or more : 

 then, about the Beginning of Febru- 

 ary, there mould be a mocbrateHoj- 

 bed prepared, in Length proportion- 

 able to theNumber of Plants defign- 

 cd to be forc'd ; and the Breadth 

 fhould be proportionable to the 

 Width of the Frames which are de- 

 fign'd to cover them. Thefe Frames 

 may be fuch as are ufed for common 

 Hot- beds, to raife early Cucumbers, 

 &c. This Hot-bed muft be cover'd 

 with frelh loamy Earth about eight 

 Inches thick, into which the Straw- 

 berry Plants mould be plac'd, with 

 large Balls of Earth to the Roots, as 

 clofe as they can conveniently be 

 planted (for, as they muft be kept 

 clear from Runners, they will not 

 fpread much during the time they 

 remain in the Bed, which will be no 

 longer, than until their Fruit is 

 gone). Then they mould be gen- 

 tiy watefd to fettle the Earth to their 

 Roots, \vhich muft be frequently 

 repeated as the Earth becomes <'ry, 



otherwife they will produce but few 

 Fruit. While the Nights continue 

 cold, the Glaffes of the Hot-bed 

 fhould be cover'd with Mats, to 

 preferve a kindly Warmth in the 

 Beds : but in the Day-time,when 

 theWeatheris favourable, the Glar- 

 es mould be rais'd to admit frefh 

 Air to the Plants ; for if' they are 

 too much drawn (efpecially when 

 they begin to flower), they will not 

 produce much Fruit. If the Seafon 

 Ihould continue long cold, and the 

 Heat of the Beds mould decline, it 

 will be proper to lay fome frefh 

 Hot-dung round the Sides of the 

 Beds to renew their Heat, being al- 

 ways careful not to make them too 

 hot ; that will fcorch theirRoots,and 

 prevent their Fruiting. If the Plants 

 which are planted in thefe Beds are 

 ftrong, and in a good Condition for 

 bearing ; andCarebe taken in tranf- 

 planting of them to preferve good 

 Balls of Earth to their Roots, as alfo 

 to keep a due Temperature of 

 Warmth in the Beds ; they will pro- 

 duce ripe Fruit by the End of April, 

 or the Beginning of May, in Plenty; 

 and will continue bearing, until fome 

 of thofe in the open Air come in to 

 fucceed them. 



The beft Kinds of Strawberries 

 to plant for forcing, are the Scarlet ; 

 for the Hautboys grow too rampant 

 for this Purpofe. 



But to return to theSubjeft of Hot- 

 walls : what I have here inferted 

 concerning the forcing of Fruits, has 

 been only to obtain thefe Fruits ear- 

 lier in the Seafon, than they would 

 naturally ripen againft common 

 Walls. But in fome Parts of Eng- 

 lavd, where moft of our good Kinds 

 of Fruit feldom ripen, it might be 

 very well worth while to build fome 

 of thefe Walls, to obtain good Fruit 

 from the beft Kinds of Peaches, 

 Plums, tjfe, efpecially in fuch Places 



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