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“ Pray take Care of the Trees, for nothing has 
€e been wanting on my Part, having attended 
ic at Stantons Wharf for them above a Week, 
“ who am, Sir, &c 
Grafting Crab -Stocks , &c. for Apple-Tree s 9 
according to the Southams Practice ; by the De- 
vonfhire Planter . — This is to be performed by 
feveral Methods, but I {hall mention only one 
here, and that is, the common Way of Cleft- 
grafting, which in the Southams is efteemed 
not inferior to any Way. By this Way a Stock 
may be grafted from half an Inch to four 
Inches Diameter; and for the better Improve- 
ment of it, the Grafts (houid be taken off the 
beft bearing Wood of a Tree, and laid in the 
Ground fome Time before they are ufed, co- 
vering them about half W ay with light frefli 
Earth in a cool Time of the Day, without do- 
ing the leaft Injury to the Graft; fuch Grafts are 
reckoned more fure to take, than thofe put on 
frefh from the Tree. — I once faw it proved, where 
was only one frefh Graft ufed, and that the only 
one that mifs’d. To this End cut the Stock, that 
is at a proper Age, about eight Inches from the 
Ground, cutting it as even as poffible, fo as to 
leave the Bark unhurt ; then cleave the Stock 
with a ftrong Knife or Chizzel, and let the 
Slit run about two Inches deep, and as near 
the Middle of the Stock as you can, except 
where the Pith or Heart is ; alfo let it be made 
on the fmootheft Side of the Stock, having in 
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