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Fern fhould lie as long as it rots, and tht 
Heads of the wild Stocks carefully preferved. 
In this wild Bed the Stocks fhould remain till 
they are three Years old, and then grafted; 
though in fome Ground they require four 
Years Age. Thofe Stocks that remain in their 
old and firft Bed, fhould likewife afterwards 
be tranfplanted in the like Manner, and grafted 
accordingly. 
A fecond Way to manage Seedling and other 
Plants of Apples and Pears , &c. by the fame 
Devonfhire Cor ref pendent, — In the Month of 
Offober, or Novembers fize the Stocks out, be- 
ing thofe of one Year’s Growth or Shoot, and 
tranfplant them out, putting two Sizes by 
themfelves, and the third or fmalleft are to be 
left in their feedling Bed till another Year, 
when they will then be big enough for trans- 
planting, leaving them well moulded up, and 
free of Weeds. Then take thofe Stocks, fo 
drawn up, and plant them in a Nurfery ; each 
Size by themfelves in Rows, at three Foot 
Diftance from each other, and a Foot and a 
Half from each Stock. In this Manner the 
Stocks fhould fland two or three Years, when 
they will be fit for grafting, at three Years 
old for Whip-grafting, and at four Years old 
for Cleft-grafting. The Whip Method fex- 
ceeds the other for Plumb Stocks, becaufe the 
Pith being larger than in other Stocks, is by 
this Method lefs expofed to fuffer by Wet, as 
it fometimes happens by the Cleft Method, 
even to the decaying of the Pith, and to the 
great 
