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very often partake fo much of the 

 Diitemper, as rarely to get the bet- 

 ter of it, at leaft for Tome Years : 

 and when they are taken from young 

 luxuriant Trees, whofe Veffels are 

 generally large, they will continue 

 to produce luxuriant Shoots ; and 

 are feldom fo fertile as thofe which 

 are taken from fruitful Trees, whofe 

 Shoots are more compact, and the 

 Joints clofer together ; at leaft it 

 will be a much greater Number of 

 Years before thefe luxuriant Grafts 

 begin to produce Fruit, if they are 

 managed with the greateft Skill. 

 3dly, You fhould prefer thofe Grafts 

 which are taken from the lateral or 

 horizontal Branches, to thofe from 

 the ftrong perpendicular Shoots, for 

 the Reafons before given. 



Thefe Grafts or Cions fhould be 

 cut off from the Trees before their 

 Buds begin to fwell : which is ge- 

 nerally three Weeks or a Month 

 before the Seafon for Grafting; 

 therefore, when they are cut off, 

 they mould be laid in the Ground 

 with the Cut downwards, burying 

 them half their Length, and cover- 

 ing their Tops with dry Litter, to 

 prevent their drying : if a fmall 

 Joint of the former Year's Wood is 

 cut off with the Cion, it will preferve 

 it the better ; and when they are 

 grafted, this may be cut off; for at 

 the fame time the Cions mull be cut 

 to a proper Length, before they are 

 inferted into the Stocks ; but till 

 then, the Shoots fhould remain their 

 full Length, as they were taken 

 from the Tree, which will preferve 

 them better from fhrinking: if thefe 

 Cions are to be carried to a ccn- 

 fiderahle Diftance, it will be proper 

 to put their cut Lads into a Lump 

 cf Clay, and to wrap them up in 

 JVkfs ; which will preferve them 

 iitih tor a Month, or longer: but 

 thtie mould be cut off earlier from 



the Trees, than thofe which are t« 

 be grafted near the Place where the 

 Trees are growing. 



Having given Directions for the 

 Cions and Grafts, we next come to 

 that of the Stocks, which is a Term 

 applied to the Trees intended for 

 grafting : thefe are either fuch old 

 Trees as are already growing in the 

 Places where they are defigned to 

 remain, whofe Fruit is intended to 

 be changed ; or young Trees, which 

 have been raifed in a Nurfery for 

 a Supply to the Garden : in the 

 formerCafe there is no other Choice, 

 but that of the Branches ; which 

 mould be fuch as are young, healthy, 

 well fituated, and as have a fmooth 

 Bark : if thefe Trees are growing 

 againit Walls or Efpaliers, it will 

 be proper to graft fix, eight, or 

 ten Branches, according to the Size 

 of the Trees by which Method 

 they will be much fooner fuinifhed 

 with Branches aga>n, than when a 

 lefs Number of Cions are put in : 

 but in Standard-trees, four, or at 

 moft fix Cions will be fufficient. 



In the Choice of young Stocks 

 for G/afting, you mould always 

 prefer fuch as have been raifed from 

 the Seed, and that have been once 

 or twice tranfplanted. Next t% 

 thefe, are thofe Stocks which have 

 been raifed from Cuttings or Layers ; 

 but thofe which are Suckers from 

 Roots of other Trees, fhould always 

 be rejected ; for thefe are never fo 

 well roared as the others, and con- 

 ftantly put out a great Number of 

 Suckers from their Roots, whereby 

 the Borders and Walks of the Gar- 

 den will be always peftered with 

 them during the Summer-feafon ; 

 which is not only unfightly, but 

 they alfo take off Part of the Nou- 

 rifhment from the Trees. 

 , If thefe Stocks have been allowed 

 a proper Diitance in the Nurfery 



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