20 
VEGETABLE SYSTEM 
THE GARDENER’S 
But for Wall trees, they arc trained, both in common 
dwarf trees, with low or (hort Items, only fix or eight 
inches high, to branch out low, to cover the wall re¬ 
gularly, from the bottom to the top, and are the com¬ 
mon wall-trees for the general fupply; and in half 
Handard wall-trees, with Items three or four, to five or 
fix feet high, branching out at thefe heights, and are 
planted occafionally, between the common dwarf wall- 
trees abovementioned, to cover the upper parts of high 
walls, while the others arc advancing below. 
Thefe trees will grow freely in borders of any good, 
rich garden earth, of two fpades, or, at leall, one full 
fpade, deep; or where the ground is poor, it fhould be 
improved with plenty of rotten dung; or w'ouldbe of 
much benefit if augmented alfo with a quantity of frefh, 
loamy foil; or where the borders are naturally of that 
kind of earth, it will be of particular advantage, en¬ 
riching it alfo occafionally with a fupply of good, rot¬ 
ten dung, as above obferved. 
Young trees for planting may be obtained, of the 
different varieties, or as required, at all the public nur- 
fery-grounds, either of one or two years old, for train¬ 
ing by degrees in the requifite form; or may be pro¬ 
cured in ready-trained trees of two, three, to four or 
five years old, or more, with a large expanfion of re¬ 
gular branches, and of a proper growth for immediate 
bearing ; and thereby have the walls either wholly, or 
in part, furnifhed at once with bearing trees that may 
produce fruit the firfl feafon; and in which the planter 
can fuit his convenience or inclination, as there is fome 
confiderable difference in the prices between thofe of 
the quite young trees of only one or two years old, and 
thofe as are trained of feveral years growth. 
Or the different varieties may be eafily propagated, 
raifed, and trained to a bearing Hate, according to the 
following direftions. 
The general method of propagating Peach and Nec¬ 
tarine trees, is by budding the different or defirable 
varieties, principally upon Plum Hocks; or fome of the 
more curious or particular forts, are alfo inoculated 
occafionally on Almond and Peach Hocks, raifed from 
the Hones; but for the principal fupply, the Plum 
Hock is advifeable, as the moH hardy, durable, and 
making the moH profperous trees; raifing the faid flocks 
from the Hones of the fruit, fowed in autumn or fpring, 
in drills, or bedded in two inches deep; and when the 
feedling plants are a year old, they fliould be tranf- 
planted in nurfery rows, or may alfo be raifed by 
fuckers arifing from Plum-tree roots: though as the 
Mufcle-Plum Hock, in particular, is generally prefer- 
fed, as the moH favourable and profperous for Peaches, 
kc. that to obtain thofe with certainty of the particular 
kind, they are raifed by layers, cuttings, fuckers, as 
if raifed from feed, (Hones of the fruit)they vary to 
other forts of a different quality; and in either method 
of raifing the Hocks, they, when from two, or three, to 
four, five, or fix feet high, and of half an inch to an inch 
thick below, are of proper fize for budding, keeping 
them pruned up from lateral (hoots; and of which fizes, 
they are budded low or near the ground, for common 
dwarf wall-trees; and at three, four, to five or fix feet, 
for half and full Handard wall trees, to plant between 
the common or dwarf trees, efpecially where high 
walls, and defirous to have all parts thereof covered 
as expeditioufly as poflible. 
The operation of budding them is performed in July, 
and beginning to the middle of Augufl; obferving, as 
above hinted, thofe for common wall-trees mufl be bud¬ 
ded low, inferring the bud within fix or eight inches 
of the ground, whereby to obtain branches proceeding 
near the bottom, to cover the wall therewith, in 
a regular expanfion, from the bottom to the top; 
and for half or full Handard wall-trees, to plant be¬ 
tween the dwarfs, in high walls: the budding is per¬ 
formed either on tall Hocks, at three or four feet for half, 
and five or fix feet for tall flandards, and each to be 
trained with a fanned, fpreading head, or for thefe two 
latter, they may be budded low' in the Hock, and the 
firfl (hoot from the bud trained up for a Hem, to th« 
above-mentioned height. 
Obferving, for this occafion of budding, to provide 
cuttings of the young (hoots of the year, from trees of 
the forts intended, chufing the moderately-flrong 
(hoots, cutting them off nearly at full length, and from 
which (hoots, after cutting off the leaves all to about 
half an inch of the petiole or foot-flalk of each, the 
buds are to be detached one at a time, and inferted into 
the fide of the Hock, at the height from the ground 
above-mentioned, for common and half Handard wall- 
trees ; the head of the flocks continued intire, till the 
fpring following, and the inferted buds uniting with 
the Hocks, the fame year, but remaining dormant till 
next fpring aforefaid; at which time, generally in 
March, jufl before the buds begin to pufh, cut down 
the head of the Hocks, a little above and behind the 
place of infertion of the bud, which will then, foon after, 
advance in one Hrong (hoot, attaining two feet or a 
yard in length, or more, by the end of the enfuing 
fummer, forming the new tree of the refpe&ive kind 
with which it was budded; and which, in the autumn, 
or fpring following, may either be tranfplanted into the 
garden, againfl the proper walls to remain, or planted 
againfl any fence in the nurfery, or wheie convenient 
for graining, one, two, or three years, or more, in a 
proper expanfion, in the wall-tree manner, to a bearing 
Hate, and then tranfplanted finally into the garden 
aforefaid, againfl fouth walls, at twelve or fifteen to 
eighteen feet diflance; and being thus previoufly train¬ 
ed, will commence immediate bearers the enfuing fea¬ 
fon. 
But 
