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and Rabbets, which are great De- 

 flroyers of young Trees at that Sea- 

 fon, by eating off all their Bark ; 

 therefore you muft carefully guard 

 your Nurfery againft thefe Ene- 

 mies. 



The Ground, being inclofed, 

 Ihould be carefully trenched about 

 eighteen Inches or two Feet deep, 

 provided it will allow it : this Ihould 

 be done in Auguft, that it may be 

 ready to receive young Stocks at 

 the Seafon for Planting, which is 

 commonly at the Beginning of Otto- 

 her. In trenching of the Ground, 

 you muft be very careful to cleanfe 

 it from the Roots of all noxious 

 Weeds ; fuch as Couch -grafs, Docks, 

 fcrV. which, if left in the Ground, 

 will get in among the Roots of the 

 Trees, fo as not to be gotten out af- 

 terwards; and will fpread, and over- 

 run the Ground, to the great Pre- 

 judice of your young Stocks. 



After having dug the Ground, 

 and the Seafon being come for 

 Planting, you muft level down the 

 Trenches as equal as pofiible ; and 

 then lay out the Ground into Quar- 

 ters, proportionable to the Size 

 thereof ; and thofe Quarters may be 

 laid out in Beds, for the fowing of 

 Seeds, or the Stones of Fruit. 



Thebeft Sort of Stocks forPeaches, 

 Ne&arines, &c. are fuch as are raifed 

 from the Stones of the Mufcle and 

 white Pear-plum ; but you mould 

 never plant Suckers of thefe (which 

 is what fome People pra&ife) ; for 

 thefe feldom make fo good Stocks, 

 nor are ever well-rooted Plants : be- 

 fides, they are very fubject to pro- 

 duce great Quantities of Suckers 

 from their Roots, which are very 

 troublefome in the Borders or Walks 

 of a Garden, and greatly injure the 

 Tree; fo that- you mould annually, 

 or at leaft every other Year, fow a 



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few Stones of each, that you may 

 never be at a Lofs for Stocks. 



For Pears, you mould have fuch 

 Stocks as have been raifed from the 

 Kernels of the Fruit where Perry 

 hath been made ; or elfe preferve the 

 Seeds of fome Sorts of Summer 

 Pears, which generally fhoot ftrong 

 and vigorous, as the CuifTe Ma- 

 dame, Windfor, tsfc . but, when this 

 is intended, the Fruit mould be fuf- 

 fered to hang upon the Trees till they 

 drop, and afterward permitted to rot; 

 then take out the Kernels, and put 

 them in Sand, being careful to keep 

 them from Vermin, as alfo to place 

 them where they may not be too 

 damp, which will caufe them to 

 grow mouldy. Thefe you ftiould 

 fow for Stocks early in the Spring, 

 upon a Bed of good frefh light 

 Earth ; where they will come up in 

 about fix Weeks, and, if kept clear 

 from Weeds, will be ftrong enough 

 to tranfplant out the Ottober follow- 

 ing. But for many Sorts of Summer 

 and Autumn Pears, Quince Stocks 

 are preferable to Free ( i. e. Pear) 

 Stocks. Thefe are generally ufed 

 for all the Sorts of foft - melting 

 Pears ; but they are not fo good for 

 the breaking Pears, being apt to 

 render thofe Fruits which are graft- 

 ed upon them ftony. Thefe are very 

 often propagated from Suckers, 

 which are generally produced in 

 Plenty from the Roots of old Trees: 

 but thofe are not near fo good as 

 fuch as are propagated from Cuttings 

 or Layers, which have always much 

 better Roots, and are not fo fubjecl: 

 to produce Suckers as the other ; 

 which is a very defirable Quality, 

 fince thefe -Suckers do not only rob 

 the Trees of Part of, their Nourifh- 

 ment, but are very troublefome in a 

 Garden. 



Apples are grafted or budded up- 

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