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sequently, stands astride the stock, to which it 

 attaches itself firmly upon each side, and which it 

 covers in a single season. Grafts of the apple 

 and pear rarely ever fail in this method of 

 grafting. 



In grafting grape vines, it is necessary to cut 

 your scions very early in spring, before the buds 

 swell, keeping them in a cool cellar, inserted in 

 sand or earth ; when the leaves of the vine upon 

 which you intend to insert the scions are fully 

 expanded, and all danger of bleeding is over, 

 which takes place in June, cut off the shoot below 

 the surface of the ground, split it in the manner 

 of cleft grafting, inserting one or more scions con- 

 taining two or three buds ; draw the soil up to the 

 lowest bud of the scion. 



STOCKS FOR PEARS. 



The great difference in growth and thriftiness 

 of pear stocks, has not in our estimation been suf- 

 ficiently regarded in cultivation. We have found 

 that those varieties which are ordinarily poor 

 growers when grafted upon the wilding, may be 

 greatly promoted in their growth and thriftiness 

 by being placed upon strong growers, such as the 

 Bleeker's Meadow, Buffum, Harvard, and the 

 old Green Chisel. 



The Seckel, Princess of Orange, Long Green, 

 and Andrews, are the reverse. The Bleeker's 

 Meadow we have found a capital stock for those 

 two excellent fall pears, the Fondante d'Au- 

 tomne and Beurre Bosc. 



