CHAPTER III. 



STOCKS FOR GRAFTING. 



IT is generally best to raise stocks of all 

 kinds of fruit trees, from seeds. In the culti- 

 vation of the apple, the pear, and also of the 

 plum and the cherry, swc&er-stocks should be 

 carefully avoided, unless no others can be 

 procured. 



The general rule, for raising seedlings of all 

 our hardy out-door fruit trees, is to plant their 

 seeds about an inch deep in the ground, in the 

 latter part of summer or in autumn, as soon 

 as the fruits ripen. The seeds of the later 

 varieties of each species, for the most part, 

 succeed the best. But to be more particular : 



Apple seedling-stocks may be very easily 

 raised, thus : Take pomace, in autumn, from 

 the cider-press, before fermentation has com- 

 menced; sow the pomace in drills of about 

 four or - six inches in width, and about four 

 feet apart, covering it from half an inch to an 

 inch deep. A neater, but altogether unneces- 



