MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &c 



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Under the bumes that have been covered for late fruit you 

 will always find plenty of felf-fown plants, which I would 

 advife you to plant out by themfelves. Thofe who make— 

 Currant-wine may fave the feed, after the fruit is fqueezed, 

 and dry it : it may then be fown in Autumn, or early in the 

 Spring, on a bed of fine light earth ; by which you will, moft 

 probably, obtain fome fine varieties. By no means propa- 

 gate them from fuckers, as they never grow handfome, and 

 are very liable to throw out a great many fuckers. 



In many gardens there ftill remains a fmall fort of red and 

 white currant not worth cultivating ; I would therefore ad- 

 vife thofe who have any of them in their gardens to root 

 them up, and plant, in their room, the large Red, and White. 

 Dutch, the long-bunched red, and Champagne large Pale 

 Red. Currants may be planted out in the fame manner as 

 Goofeberries, either in quarters or fingle rows round the edges 

 of quarters. 



I would particularly recommend planting a few againfira 1 

 South or Weft wall, or paling, which will produce fruit 

 much earlier than in quarters, &c. Alfo to. plant fome between 

 other fruit-trees on North walls, or palings, for latter crops;: 

 thefe may be covered with double nets, to praferve them from 

 birds; tucking in a, few fern branches batween the two nets, 

 which will prevent the heat of the fun and drying winds fromj 

 fhrivelling the fruit. In quarters they fhould be Govered 'witL 

 mats. for the fame purpofe ; at the fame time permitting all 

 the leaves to remain on* the buihe% : to. fhade. the. fruit and: 

 make it keep the longer. 



Pruning' 



