MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &c. m 



When the plants are about fix inches high, they fhould be 

 tranfpl anted fmgly into deep forty-eights, filled with the fame 

 fort of vegetable mould as is directed to be ufed for Vines ; 

 taking great care not to hurt the roots, nor to break the lea- 

 ders ; then plunge them again into the hot-bed : but if the 

 heat of the old bed be too much decayed, it will be neceiTary 

 to have a new one prepared before-hand to receive the pots as 

 foon as the plants are tranfplanted. If they grow vigoroufly, 

 it will be neceflary to fliift them into thirty- two's. 



When the plants are above fix inches high, they fhould be 

 carefully tied to fmall rods, leaving only one ftem for the firfl: 

 year. The rods fhould be as high as the frames will permit. 



When the leaves begin to drop, they fhould be carefully 

 picked off the pots, to prevent the plants from getting mouldy, 

 which would very much injure them. 



The plants lliould be kept under frames, or put into the 

 green-houfe, in hard Winters, to fhelter them from fevere 

 frofts. In the Spring, about March or the beginning of 

 April, if from feed ripened in this country, they may be 

 planted out againft the walls where they are to remain ; but, 

 if from feed imported from Vine countries, I would advife 

 not to plant above one or two againft the wall, or in the hot- 

 houfe, before you have obtained a fpecimen of the fruit, and 

 be fatisfied that they are worth cultivating. 



After they are planted, they fhould be cut at the third eye, 

 if flrong ; but at the fecond, if weakly : at the fame time re- 

 member to rub off the lower bud with your finger and thumb, 

 as hereafter directed. 



If Vines are to be propagated from cuttings, they fhould 

 be chofen from the fhoots that are beft ripened, and have the 

 fhorteft joints ; always having one or two joints of the laft 



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