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great Prejudice of the Graft. Be careful td 
keep the Stocks with a fmall Head and a fhort 
Body, by cutting them accordingly, fo as to 
have them large in a little Time. The proper 
Seafon for Grafting is either in March or April, 
according as the Spring comes on mild, or 
otherwife. If the Grafting is done in the Cleft 
the Stock ihould be grafted as near the Bottom 
as may be, that they may have the greater and 
quicker Nourifhments from the Roots, which 
confequently will make the Graft furer totake, 
and grow the ftronger. 
Apple Seeds will not produce the fame Kind oj 
Apple they were had from ; and how Crabs im- 
prove Cyder ; and how to chufe the bejl Seedling 
Plants out of the Seed-Bed , for making the bejl 
Trees.— Concerning the Seeds of Apples, it is to 
be obferved, that altho’ they produce not Trees 
bearing the fame Kind of Apple as thofe the 
Seeds were had of, yet, without Grafting, they 
will bring forth a good harfb Fruit, that may 
yield good Cyder; and thus, it is faid, we came 
by fome of our beft Cyder Apples. Neither 
are fome Sorts of Crabs fo contemptible a Fruit 
as they are generally accounted ; for, being ga- 
thered very ripe, and kept a good While to 
meilow, fome of them will make good Cyder, 
and are the beft Refiners of foul Cyder, and 
generally fuch Crabs yield a ftrong Liquor, that 
rather helps to mend the weak Juice of fome 
Apples than make it worfe. Indeed, there is 
this Inconvenience always found in Trees com- 
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