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Afterwards the orchard came into the hands of another man, who 

 plowed it up and pruned it heavily. That orchard went down 

 quickly. 



Tlicre is another point in Mr. Shaw's paper, with regard to graft- 

 ing from the roots. I have a number of good healthy trees that are 

 of quite good size and have borne fruit, that came from sprouts ; I 

 think Mr. Smith, of Monmouth, has a number of such trees. I have 

 been watching those trees to see how the3' would get along : how 

 much they would bear as compared with other trees. I find they 

 are doing well so far, and see no difference in an3^ way whatever. 



Shaw^. I did not advance any theory respecting the growing of 

 trees from sprouts ; I oul}' stated my experience. I have no doubt 

 that trees can be grown from sprouts. 



Bennoch. With respect to the matter of grafting, alluded to by 

 Mr. Shaw : the younger a tree is grafted the better it is for it. I 

 want a tree three years old to graft if I can have it so ; then I want 

 to put the top on. Then they heal over leadily. Grafting in the 

 limbs is a good way, but you have to contend with suckers. 



Mr. Bennoch, by request, explained the method of grafting prac- 

 ticed by himself, which he calls "lap-grafting." He exhibited 

 specimens of scions set in this manner in different stages of growth, 

 and illustrated his remarks by reference to them and b}- performing 

 the operation of grafting, consequentl}- no report could be made. 

 This method is illustrated in the report for 1881, as a "modified 

 form of saddle grafting," and as explained by Mr. Bennoch at the 

 aneeting at Gardiner. 



