4 QUARTERING STOCKS FOR GRAFTING. 



one foot row from row, and about three inches 

 apart in the rows : let them stand two years, 

 then they will be strong to plant out into quar- 

 ters for grafting, or if the plants are not too 

 close together in the seed beds, they may stand 

 two years, and the greater part will be then 

 strong enough to plant out for grafting, with- 

 out being first bedded. 



QUARTERING STOCKS FOR GRAFTING. 



Par. 2. Where you quarter or plant out 

 Crab stocks, being intended to grow strong 

 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 draw- 

 ing 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, 



