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or they may be raised from the seeds of any 

 free growing kinds, in the same way as cher- 

 ry-stocks, (avoiding the seeds of the damsons, 

 as they are not easily budded.) A rich, 

 heavy, moist soil suits the plum best. 



The above-named stocks may be splice- 

 grafted, when first set out in nursery rows ; 

 but it is a preferable practice, to bud them, 

 the ensuing summer. In ten days from set- 

 ting a bud, it will generally be ascertainable 

 whether it will live. If this appears doubtful, 

 another bud may be set in the stock, either 

 above or below the first. If unsuccessful the 

 first year, bud again the next, and even a 

 third year. If still unsuccessful, scwm-graft 

 the stocks, at the proper season, or throw 

 them away. This throwing away worthless 

 stocks, by the by, is sometimes a very profit- 

 able operation. 



Peach stones should be gathered, in the 

 season of the fruit, and kept in sand in a cel- 

 lar, or buried in the ground, until early plant- 

 ing time in the spring. They should then be 

 cracked with a hammer, and planted in rows 

 three or four feet apart, and six inches to a 

 foot apart in the rows. They should be bud- 

 ded the ensuing September. The next spring, 



