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The cherry is propagated by budding and ingraf- 

 ting from its disposition to throw out gum from 

 wounds in the vessels of the bark, the former mode is 

 most generally adopted. The heart cherries do not 

 succeed well on any but the black Mazard stocks, but 

 round or duke cherries do as well on Morello stocks, 

 which are often preferred from their being less liable 

 to the cracks in the bark, from frost and sun on the 

 south-west side ; this injury may be almost effectually 

 prevented by planting on the east side of board fences 

 or buildings, or by fixing an upright board on the 

 south-west side of each tree in open situations. 



The best stocks are raised from stones planted in 

 the nursery. Stocks raised from suckers of old trees, 

 will always generate suckers, which are-injurious and 

 very troublesome in gardens : diseases of old or worn 

 out varieties, are likewise perpetuated by the use of 

 suckers for stcoks. 



