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keeping a stock; others are of such poor growth 

 from the bud, that it is difficult to procure a good 

 tree, and the proportion of them which woukl be 

 salable would be small. Therefore the producer 

 is obliged to limit his attention to a few strong- 

 growing varieties. When this is the case, the cul- 

 tivator should plant these, and graft after one season's 

 growth. This will not postpone their bearing, as 

 he might expect ; but it is a great question whether 

 it is not better to obtain strong trees, and graft upon 

 them those which are weaker, than to procure them 

 immediately from the bud. 



