MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &c. m 



I enquired of MefTrs. M c Niven, Nurferymen at Man- 

 chefter, how many good and diftin6t forts they could fend me 

 out of their numerous Catalogue ; they told me, that they 

 could fend about eighteen or twenty forts, which they could 

 anfwer for being good and diO:m£L I accordingly gave an 

 order, and received all the forts that they could warrant 

 good, which turned out to my fatisfac~tion. 



Great attention fhould be paid to the cultivation of the 

 early and late forts. In fome old gardens, in particular, there 

 are very valuable forts that have been of late too much neg- 

 lected : I would therefore recommend to thofe who live in 

 the neighbourhood of fuch gardens, to obferve their time of 

 ripening, and to cultivate thofe efpecially which are early and 

 late. 



It is a practice with fome to clip the tops of Goofeberries 

 with a pair of garden fhears, as they would clip a thorn 

 hedge ; this I by no means approve of, as the fruit will not 

 be half the fize, nor of fo fine a flavour, as when the .bufh.es - 

 are kept clear of fuperfluous wood. 



Care fhould be taken in Spring and Summer to flock, or 

 grub up, all the fuckers from the roots of the bui'hes, leaving 

 their ftems clear and unencumbered. 



Many of the Lancalhire forts are apt to grow horizontally, 

 and the branches frequently trail on the ground, which 

 renders them liable to be broken by high winds, efpecially 

 when they are loaded, with fruit. In that cafe I would 

 recommend two or three hoops to be put round them, to 

 which the branches may be tied, to fupport. them, and prevent 

 their being broken by the wind. 



Thofe who wifh to have their Goofeberries very late fhould 

 plant on North walls and palings, between the other trees* 



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