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Having provided yourfelf with 

 young Stocks of all thefe different 

 Sorts, which fhould be raifed in the 

 Seminary the preceding Year, you 

 fhould proceed to tranfplanting of 

 them in Ottober (as before directed) 

 into the Nurfery. The Diftance at 

 which they fhould be planted, if de- 

 figned for Standards, fhould be three 

 Feet and an half, or four Feet, Row 

 from Row, and a Foot and an half 

 diftant in the Rows; but if for 

 Dwarfs, three Feet Row from Row, 

 and one Foot in the Rows, will be 

 a fufficient Diitance. 



In taking thefe Stocks out of the 

 Seed-beds, you muft raife the Ground 

 with a Spade, in order to preierve 

 the Roots as intire as pofiible ; then 

 with your Knife you fhould prune 

 off all the very fmall Fibres ; and if 

 there are any which have a Tend- 

 ency to root down-right, fuch Roots 

 fhould be fhortened : then having 

 thus prepared the Plants, you fhould 

 draw a Line aero fs the Ground in- 

 tended to be planted, and with your 

 Spade open a Trench thereby ex- 

 actly flrait, into which you fhould 

 place them at the Diftance before- 

 mention'd, fetting them exactly up- 

 right ; and then put the Earth in 

 clofe to them, filling up the Trench, 

 and with your Foot prefs the Earth 

 gently to the Roots of them ; ob- 

 ferving not to difplace them fo as to 

 make the Rows crooked, which will 

 render them unfightly. Thefe Plants 

 "fhould by no means be headed, or 

 pruned at Top, which will weaken 

 them, and caufe them to produce 

 lateral Branches, and thereby fpoil 

 them. 



If the Winter mould prove very 

 cold, it will be of great Service to 

 your young Stocks, to lay fome 

 Mulch upon the Suiface of the 

 Ground near their Roots, which will 

 prevent the Froft from penetrating 



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the Ground fo as to hurt the tender 

 Fibres which were produced after 

 planting : but you fhould be careful 

 not to let it lie too thick near the 

 Stems of the Plants, nor remain too 

 long, le(t the Moifture fhould be pre- 

 vented from penetrating to the 

 Roots of the Plants ; which it often 

 does, where there is not due Care 

 taken to remove it away as foon as 

 the Froit is over. 



In the Summer-feafon, you mufl 

 always obferve to hoe and deftroy 

 the Weeds ; which, if permitted to 

 remain in the Nurfery, will greatly 

 weaken and retard the Growth of 

 your Stocks : and, the fucceeding 

 Years, you fhould obferve to dig up 

 the Ground every Spring between 4 

 the Rows ; which will loofen it fo, 

 as that the Fibres may eafily ftrike 

 out on each Side, and the Weeds 

 will be thereby deftroyed : you 

 fhould alfo obferve, where any of 

 the Sutocks have fhot out lateral 

 Branches, to prune them off, that 

 they may be encouraged to grow up- 

 right and fmooth. 



The fecond Year after planting, 

 fuch of the Stocks as are defigned 

 for Dwarf-trees, will be fit to bud ; 

 but thofe which are defigned for 

 Standards, fhould be fuffer'd to grow 

 five or fix Feet high before they are 

 budded or grafted. The manner of 

 Budding and Grafting being fully 

 defcribed under their refpeclive 

 Heads, I (hall not repeat them in 

 this Place ; nor need I fay any 

 thing more of treating thefe Trees 

 after budding, that being alfo treated 

 of under the feveral Articles of j 

 Fruits : I lb all only add, that thofe I 

 Stocks which were budded in the j 

 Summer, and have failed, may be |, 

 grafted 'the following Spring ; but E 

 Peaches and Nectarines never take E 

 well from Grafts ; thefe mould . 

 therefore be always budded. 



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