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are by the nurfery-men termed Free Stocks. Pear-trees 

 are alfo propagated by grafting them upon quince-ltocks, 

 which llocks are generally railed by feed, cuttings, layers, or 

 fuckers, which will grow freely : the pears grafted or bud- 

 ded upon thefe flocks, are very proper for walls or efpa« 

 liers. Some people alfo graft pears upon white-thora 

 flocks ; but this is not fo commonly praftifed, as thefe 

 flocks have an ill efFecl on feveral forts of the fruit. The 

 feafon for fowing the kernels of pears to raife flocks, and 

 the tranfplanting, and time of grafting, is the fame as 

 mentioned above for apples. 



Cherries are propagated by grafting or budding them 

 upon ftocks, raifed from the ilonee of the common black 

 or red cherry, or upon Hocks raifed from the ilones of any . 

 other kind of thefe fruit ; but the two firil are mollefleem- 

 ed for that purpofe, bccaule they generally Ihoot much 

 freer than any other. 



The feafon for fowing the cherry-ftones for raifing 

 ftocks, is Odo'ber or November, or in the fpring ; but 

 when not fown till fpring, they muil be laid in boxes of 

 fand all the winter, and mull be fown in February. The 

 flocks will be ready to tranfplant the firll or fecond year 

 after fowing, and the fecond year after that will be fit to 

 graft or bud, if for dwarfs, for walls, or efpaliers ; but if 

 for flandards, they muil be at leafl three or four years old 

 from fowing ; for flandard cherries are generally grafted 

 or budded at the height of five or fix feet. 



Plums are alfo grafted or budded upon plum flocks; 

 that is, iiocks raifed by fowing the flones of any of the 

 common forts of the fame fruit; alfo raifed occafionally 

 by fuckers, feat up from the roots of any kinds of plum 

 trees. 



The time for fbwing the ftones to raife thefe flocks, is 

 -either in autumn or fpring ; but when they are not fown 

 till fpring, they muil be preferved in fand till .that time, 

 and the jniddle of February is a good time to fow them. 

 Thefe Hock will be fit to bud or graft upon in the third, 

 fourth, and fifth year after fowing. It mufl be obferved 

 the ftocks mufl be tranfplanted, fome of the largefl of 

 them ia the autumn rr fpring after fowing, and in two or 

 three years after will be fit to bud or graft upon. 



Thus^bferve as above, let the ftocks for grafting, both 

 of fruit-trees and others, be always of the fame family or 

 genus, as that of the refpe(ftivetreeb which are to be grafted. 



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