QUARTERING STOCKS FOR GRAFTING. 5 



to throw up standard trees, it is necessary to 

 select a piece of deep loamy soil, which should 

 be well trenched two spades deep ; this should 

 be done as early in autumn as you can, in 

 order to get your stocks planted early in No- 

 vember, then they will immediately draw root, 

 which will make a considerable deal of differ- 

 ence in their growth the following summer ; for 

 if you do not get them planted till late in De- 

 cember, the coldness of the ground, even if 

 the weather is mild, will prevent them drawing 

 fresh root, and they would be better to re- 

 main in the beds till February, when they 

 would soon begin to vegetate; for when the 

 stocks remain in the ground for some months, 

 after being removed and all vegetation ceased, 

 the small fibres are very apt to rot, and the 

 large roots get in a mildewed, stagnant state, 

 which I have proved has been so far injurious 

 to the plants, that it often takes them the fol- 

 lowing summer to recover themselves, while 

 those planted in February will make a good 

 growth. 



If your ground is very poor, it will be ne- 



