MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, kc. 



Verte-dock, or Verdock. 

 Whitton, or Nutmeg. 

 White Bullace. 

 White Orleans. 

 White Pear. 



St. Julian. 

 Semina. 



Small White Damafcene. 

 Spanifh Damafcene. 

 Striped-leaved. 



True Prune. 



White Perdrigon. 



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A Selection of Plums for a fmall Garden. 



The Jaunhative ; Early Damafk ; the Orleans ; La Royal ; 

 Green Gage (different forts) ; Draps d'Or ; Saint Catharine ; 

 and Imperatrice. The Magnum Bonum for baking, and 

 the Winefour for preferving. 



On the Choice, Planting,' Pruning, 8(c. of Plum-Trees. 



When you choofe your trees, let the fame directions be ob- 

 ferved as in the choice of Apricots. - Choofe clean ftraight 

 plants with fingle items ; as thofe with two never make hand- 

 fome trees either for walls or ftandards. Manage the border 

 as before directed for Apricots 5 digging the holes the fame 

 width and depth, and loofening the bottom ; then fill up the 

 holes with fine frefh loam, or the mould that was ufed the 

 preceding year for melon and cucumber beds ; and be careful 

 to keep the mould a proper height above the border, and the 

 roots of your trees as near the furface as poffible, fpreading 

 them horizontally. If there are any tap roots, they lhould 

 always be cut off, as lhould alfo the fine hairy roots, as they 

 are liable to get mouldy and rot, and thereby bring on a pu- 

 trefaction of the mould about the root of the tree. If the 

 roots are not fpread near the furface of the ground, it will 



prevent 



