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advanced, and the grafts would by that means not take 

 kindly with the Hock, or, at leall, not ihoot fo freely. 



Before we proceed to the methods of grafting, it will 

 firft be neceflary to mention what ilocks are proper to graft 

 the different kinds of fruit upon ; for inflance, apples 

 Hiould he grafted upon Ilocks raifed from the kerrrels of 

 the fame kinds of fruit, /. e. any kinds of apples ; for the 

 grafts or buds of thefe trees will not take well upon any 

 other ftocks. 



It fhould be obferved, that for dwarf apple-trees, for 

 walls or efpaliers, they Ihould generally be grafted upon, 

 codlin apple-ftocks, raifed either from fuckers from the 

 root, or by cuttings or layers : for the ftocks railed from 

 thefe are never fo luxuriant in growth as thofe of the 

 larger growing apple-trees ; and, confequently, trees 

 grafted upon fuch itocks, will be flower in growth, and 

 can more eafily be kept within due compafs, fo will an- 

 swer the purpofe for dwarfs, for efpaliers, &c. much better, 

 than thofe grafted on any other apple Ilocks. Or if required 

 to have th-cm of ftill more dwarfiili growth for fmall gar- 

 dens, may ufe ftocks of the Dutch paradife apple. 



But for the general fupply of apple-flocks for common 

 ilandards, and laige efpalier trees, &c. they are raifed 

 principally from the feed of any fort cf apples or wild 

 crabs. The time for fovving the kernels of apples for 

 ilocks, is either in November or February; b'at if not 

 fown till February, they mull be kept in fand till that 

 time. Thefe are to be fown in beds three feet and a half 

 -wide, obferving to fow them moderately thick, and cover 

 them a full inch at leafl with earth. The plants will 

 come up in five or fix weeks, and in the autumn or fpring 

 following, fome of the largefl plants fhould be drawn out 

 and planted in nurfery-beds ; and in the fecond or third 

 year after, they will be in order to graft upon for dwarfs; 

 but for ftandards, let them be four or five years old, par- 

 ticularly if you intend to graft them at the height of four, 

 five, or fix feet; but f^me graft their flocks intended fpr 

 ilandards, as low as is commonly praftifed for dwarfs, and 

 fo train up one flrong fhoot from the graft, till it is five 

 or fix feet high, and then top it to make it put out branches 

 to form the head. 



Pears are generally grafted or budded upon Ilocks raifed 

 alfo from kernels of any of their own kinds of fruits ; and 



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