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~ther

fruit-trces

for a.s the praélice, is

lake a.way

Ihe fmal! branches in prnning olher mes, fo here n

avoidcd, bccaufe Ihe 6g pUIS fonh ils fruil chicfty at

the exmmilics of Ihe lall year's 010015

bUI you may

cut off fome of Ihe weak fmaller 0100lS which do not

promife tObear, fo as you do il clofe to the great wood,

The branches mu{l not be fuffered to grow too high,

as they are prevented by lhat means from being fulr; lhe

oew thick branches mull be fhortened yearly tO about a

foot, and lhe bud at Ihe enu of

lh~

branches broken off

io Ihe fpring lime, whicb will caufe the figs tO fhoot OUt

more carly, and inllead of a Gngle branch Ihere wllI be

two.

The pruning feafon of the fig is lowards the end of

Ihis monlh

and it is bell in the fummer to let thlS me

have fomeliberty from the wall, and not fuffer it to coh–

tioue clofe tacked to it like olher fruiHrees; but in the

\Vinter fome of the Ilraggling branches fhould be cut off, and

the bell and bigge{l

branch~s

tacked to the wall in No–

vember, that they may be more effeélually fenled, and

Iheltered from the fro{l in the winter by the derence of a

matt, or

~therwife,

efpecial!y wheo the feafon is very

cold.

The fuckers which this tree puts fonh in great abun–

dance, mu{l be kept down, and whatever you cut away,

mu{l be as clofe tO the great IVooa or roots as you can;

and a whole tree may, afler. an unkind wiDler, be cut

down for the recovery of ils former {late of health.

'fhe following is th. melholl of making the horizontal

Iheltm for fruit mes: Lay rows 1)f tiles io the {Iruaure

of Ihe \Vall, at cmaiD di{lances ooe above anomer, the

tiles jening forward, and hangmg over the plane of the

wall about an inch aod a half; this is neither a difficult

nor a chargeable work, if Ihe wall be of brick, to place

between every two rOIVsof bricks thefe horizootal fhelters

of liles : and if the IVal! be of (Ione, and me joiots be

aoy thing regular, it is not

I~fs

eafy.

In order tO avoid the inconvenience of branches ri<ling

~ver

the edges of the tiles, in each ro\V, al convenient

dillaoces, mull be

I~ft

void places or gaps, for the IVood

branches 10 pafs through; which gaps are 10 be left wider

at Ihe bonoro tban al Ihe 10p of the wall

and the rows

of Ihe Iiles are nol lO be laid exaélly horizontal, but ra–

lher a litú OopinS' Ihe beter to fhool off Ihe waler from

Ihe fruir.

U1o(foms and tender fruil are more efpecially preferved

Ly thefe horizooral fhelters, Ihan by mms, or coverings,

of any kind whalfoever

aod by Iheir allillance a good

'1uantÍly of Ihe choicefl fruil may be depeoded on io me

moll difficull and unfeafoDable ym.

KITCHEN GARDEN.

RtCT

IONS have, in Ihe monlh of Januar)', becngi–

.oven bow to fow peafe in drills, or lines, and 10 eanh Ihem

l'lhen they come OUI of Ihe ground; when beans may bc

lanled Ihree feel afllnder

b~lween

Ihe rows, and Ihe

arge pm four feet, being fet about five'inches apart in a

Ililf foil, wilhoUI any manure, kepl oleao and walered a–

lbout the time of their blo(fom.

Thyme is raifed eilher by feeds fown in Ihis montb

April, or from flips pl.nled at the fame lime.

Sage is alio propagaled from feeds or Oips, but mol!

commonly from Ihe latter, raken from the rOOL! at tbe

end of Ihis monlh, or Ihe begiooing of !he next

~Dd

planlcd, in lighl earth, a foot aparto

Of marjoram there are two fom; one of which is

called winler fIVeel marjoram, and propagaled- hy plant–

ing Ihe Oips aboul March or April io moifl ground'

and Ihe olher fOIl is fown annually on hot·beds.

Camomile and penny-royal are propaS.red from flipl

planted in Ibis ór Ihe neXI month, in

mil'

foil and io a

lhady par! of the garden.

rennel is raifed from feedl folVo io Ihis month io !he

nalural ground

as is parOey, dill,

6-c,

MinI and balm will grow any where, and are propa–

ted by parting Iheir· roots io any lime of tbe fpriog as

wel!

by fowins.

MinI is more generally propasated Ihao balm, and

when il is auoul a fOOI high you may cut il iD branche.,

and dry il io Ihe Ihade for winler ule.

Rue is a plant which is mulliplied by flips fet in a light

foil, and Ihould have a place in the fh ade.

T anfy is a plaol, which fhould always be kcpt dry in

wioler, aod is increafed by parting Ihe roou in the fpring.

Sellery is a hOI herb, and raifed from feed (owo io

Ibis moolh, or April¡ io fome well expofed place io Ihe

garden ¡ il ruufl

planted OUI abolll fi)( weeks after it i,

come up io beds, allowing

fix

inches di{lance between the

plants, and Ihey may remaio lO Ihe

mid~le

of June, al

which lime fome of Ibe fir{l fowing will be 6t to plan! iD

Ircnchu for blaoching, in a lighl rich foil.

Your trencbes mufl be eighl or ten inches wide, and of

Ihe fame depth; io wbich tbe plaols are lO be put al fOOD

as made, afler having pruoed off Ihcir 10pS and roolS;

place them al five inches diflance

lit

they increafe in

growlh, earth Ihem up wilhin four or fi ve ioches of their

10pS. Endive may be fown in Ihis monlh, bUI April is

Ihe more proper lime; a lighl foil agrees be/l"wilh ir. aod

when il has been come up aboul

fix

weeks, planl it in bed!

as dire(tcd for fellery, and aboul the middle of July

plaol it in rows aboul fix inches aparto

Wheo il is wtll grown, tie up fome of il to whilen;

which work Ihould be continued every leo or t\Velve day!.

PurOane is fOWD in this monlh, and glall'es are ufcd 10

help il forward; and io April il is fown in warm places,

Sorrel is faIVn io ro\Ys or drills, like olher falladiog.

Of fpinach, io.March, April and 'May, you are 10fOlll

feveral parcds of ground al different times, about a fono

oighl from each other, as a conllanl fupply for Ihe table,

tilllhere,is plenty of other greens.

There are IWO fom of fpinach, the prickly fort,

~nd

1he round fpinach, bOlh of which Ibr;"e in a lighl mh

foil; and fuch as is inteoded for winter ufe mu{l be fown

in AlIgufl.

~hives

are raifed by off fets from Ihe rOOlS,

plante~

fi" lOches diflance, cuning 011' their branches al Ihe unle

of planling

mey fucceed befl in a lighl, rich ground ;

and Ihe oftener they are cut, Ibe fmaller and finer Ihey

are.

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