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hot six-plated stove, grafting apple-trees, in the 

 month of January, and then putting them away in 

 his cave, to be brought out and planted in April ! 

 I have seen this ; and my opinion is, that the 

 work may be done at any time between October 

 and May ; nay, I am not sure, that it may riot be 

 done all the summer long. The cuttings, too, 

 may be taken off and put on directly ; and the 

 sooner the better ; but, in the winter months, they 

 will keep good off the tree for several months. 



282. STOCKS must be of different ages and 

 sizes in different cases ; and even the propaga- 

 tion of the stocks themselves is not to be over- 

 looked. Stocks are formed out of suckers, or 

 raised from the seed; and the latter is by far 

 the best ; for suckers produce suckers, and do 

 not grow to a handsome stem, or trunk. Crabs 

 are generally the stocks for Apple-grafts, and 

 Plums for Pears, Peaches, Nectarines, ani Apri- 

 cots. However, we shall speak of the sorts of 

 Stocks, suitable to each sort of fruit-tree by and 

 by : at present we have to speak of the raising of 

 Stocks. If the stocks be to be of crabs or apples, 

 the sejeds of these should be collected in the fall 

 when the fruit is ripe. They are generally got 

 out by mashing the crabs or apples. When the 

 seeds are collected, put them immediately into 

 fine earth ; or sow them at once. It may not, 

 however, be convenient to sow them at once : and 

 perhaps, the best way is to sow very early in the 

 spring. If the Stocks be to be of stone fruit, the 

 stones, as of cherries, plums peaches and others, 

 must be got when the fruit is ripe. The best way 

 is to put them into fine earth, and keep them 

 there till spring. The earth may b placed in a 

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