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per time, the grafts will not take kindly, nor will they shoot so 

 vigorously. 



The proper sorts to begin with, in respect to fruit trees, are 

 cherries and plums, and, if you please, peaches, nectarines, and 

 apricots; hut the latter kinds are generally propagated by budding 

 or inoculation. Pears, filberts, and apples may be grafted at the 

 same time? but the latter may be deferred for ten days longer than 

 either of the former, provided the cions were taken off in due time; 

 pears will also agree with tolerable late grafting. 



Before I proceed to the methods of grafting it will first be neces- 

 sary to mention what stocks are proper to graft the different kinds 

 of fruit upon; for instance, apples should be grafted upon stocks 

 raised from the kernels of the same kind of fruit; that is, any kind 

 of apples; for the grafts or buds of these trees will not take well 

 upon any other stocks. 



It should be observed that for dwarf apple trees for walls or 

 espaliers, or for small standards, they should generally be grafted 

 upon codlin apple stocks, raised either from suckers from the root, 

 or by cuttings or layers; for the stocks raised from these are never 

 so luxuriant in growth as those of the larger growing apple trees; 

 and consequently trees grafted upon such stocks will be slower in 

 growth and can more easily be kept within due compass, and will 

 answer the purpose for dwarfs or espaliers, &c. much better than 

 those grafted on larger growing kinds. Or, if required to have 

 them of still more dwarfish growth for small gardens, you may use 

 stocks of the Dutch paradise apple and Siberian crab, &c. 



But for the general supply of apple stocks for common standards 

 and large espalier trees, they are raised principally from the seed 

 of any sort of apples or wild crabs. 



Pears are generally grafted or budded upon stocks raised also 

 from kernels of any of their own kinds of fruits, or occasionally upon 

 stocks raised from suckers; they likewise are very commonly graft- 

 ed upon quince stocks, whereby to have trees of more moderate 

 growths, to form dwarfs; and which are generally raised by seed, 

 cuttings, layers, or suckers; and the pears grafted or budded upon 

 these stocks are very proper for walls or espaliers, and occasionally 

 for small standards. Sometimes also pears are grafted upon white 

 thorn stocks; but this is improper for any general practice, not being 

 so successful and never producing so good fruit, as if grafted on 

 stocks of their own family. 



Cherries are propagated by grafting or budding them upon stocks 

 raised from the stones of the common black or red cherry, or upon 

 stocks raised from the stones of any other kind of the same fruit; 

 but the two first are most esteemed for that purpose, because they 

 generally shoot much freer than any other. 



Plums are grafted or budded on stocks raised by sowing the seeds 

 of any or either of the plum kinds; but those raised from the vigor- 

 ous growing sorts are most preferable; they are also grafted on 

 stocks raised from suckers, but such should not be used unless 

 when seedling stocks cannot be had. Plums will likewise take on 

 the apricot, but then the trees are not permanent. 

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