4 THE PROPAGATION OF APPLES. 



ground is strong and binding, about three 

 quarters of an inch will be quite enough. 



The seed will then remain in the ground till 

 the following spring, before you get your ge- 

 neral crop, although some few may come up the 

 first year ; during that period, the beds should 

 be kept carefully clean, while the weeds are in 

 a young state, in order that the mould may not 

 be disturbed so deep as the seed. 



The following Autumn you may take up the 

 seedlings, having had one summer's growth, 

 and transplant them into beds, putting them 

 about 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 

 quarters 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, 

 without being first bedded. 



QUARTERING STOCKS FOR GRAFTING. 



Par. 2. — Where you quarter or plant out 

 Crab stocks, being intended to grow strong 



