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and the tap roots fhortened, in order to procure a clean 

 ftrait flem, and a full root. 



Protect from frojl all new planted trees, by laying 

 peafe, bean, or flrong wheat flraw between them; 

 which may be fecured by trampling or laying ftones 

 over it, or by pegging down. Seedlings, or flocks, 

 planted out in fpring, mould be prote£ted from drought 

 alfo in the fame manner, a month or two, (or longer,) 

 and afterwards occafionally watered in dry weather. 



The fecond year, in October, thofe left at about a 

 foot di fiance in the rows, may either be taken up and 

 re-planted, cutting the tap to make bufhy roots, or, 

 taking out every other, left to grow of a fize fit to 

 graff] or inoculate there. This year, only the ftronger 

 fide-moots from the flem mould be cut off; for the 

 weaker ones will help the flem to thicken, by detain- 

 ing the riling fap, and imbibing moiflure from the at- 

 mofphere to feed it ; and the getting a flrong flem is 

 a material thing, especially for ftaudard trees. Do not 

 top the leading Ihoot. 



Stocks of any kind will be three or four years grow- 

 ing, or two or three from planting out, before they 

 are fit for grafting; and if flrong flocks are wanted, 

 (oS for flandards,) more time will be neceffary : The 

 rule of fubflance may be from a quarter, to an inch, 

 or more diameter. As dwarf trees are grafted, or ino- 

 culated within five or fix inches of the ground, much 

 lefs flocks will do for them, than foxjlandard trees, 

 which are grafted at fo many feet high ; i. e. if for 

 full-fized trees. 



Stocks that are naturally of a flow growth, arc co- 

 veted for dwarf trees, that they may not mount the 

 wall, fill the efpalier, or increafe to a large head too 

 faft. So for apples, inftead of crab flocks, which are 

 commonly of free growth, thofe raifed from the feeds 

 ot the paradife apple are recommended as growing 

 dwarf. Or flocks may be raifed from cuttings of the 

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