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Pear stocks may be raised from seed, pre- 

 cisely in the mode we have described for Ap- 

 ple seedlings, only let the soil be deeper and 

 richer. But the climate of New England is- 

 not well adapted to their growth, and it is 

 not, therefore, advisable to attempt to raise 

 them, so long as the foreign stocks can be so 

 cheaply purchased of importing houses, in 

 Boston or New York. 



Cherry stocks are generally raised from 

 seeds of the common Black Mazzard cherry. 

 Gather the fruit, when it is fully ripe, arid- 

 sow it immediately in drills, covering, &c. 3 

 precisely as directed for the 1 apple-seedlings. 

 The soil should be a deep, rich sandy loam. 



Some wash the seeds from the pulp, before 

 sowing, but, as with the apple, we have found 

 this to be unnecessary. The stones, may be 

 kept in sand until spring, but we do not ad- 

 vise to do it. When the plants are one year 

 old, under good cultivation, they will be fit to 

 set out in nursery rows. Assort them accord- 

 ing to their size, throwing away the quite 

 small ones ; cut off their tap-roots and tops, 

 and set them out in the way described for 

 apple-stocks. 



Plum-stocks may be had of the importers. 



