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ficient. Nature, in lier healing progress, will very soon enlarge 

 the junction. In this way we find that a crooked scion is 

 better than a straight one, as with them we can make the sap 

 lines cross twice, but with a straight one only once. 



SIDE OR BARK GRAFTING. 



This mode has been very successful. It is done in tv/o or 

 three ways, sometimes cutting oif the stock and sometimes 

 without. By this method a new limb can be started on the 

 side of a tree where it seems desirable to bring the top in good 

 shape. Make a cross cut in the side of the tree, then slit 

 down an inch or so; pare the bark above the cross down 

 slanting to the wood; have the scion cut sloping as in whip 

 grafting ; now raise the bark carefully each side of the slit, 

 insert the scion, bind it fast and cover with wax. But the 

 stock may be cut off, as in cleft grafting, and the scion 

 inserted under the bark in the same manner as above. Some 

 experienced grafters think they have the best success by this 

 method. The greatest objection to it is, if the grafts grow 

 thrifty they are more likely to be blown out with the wind 

 before they get a strong hold of the stock. 



TIME OF GRAFTING. 



The month of April I think the best time for grafting on 

 large trees by other modes, but with the last mentioned 

 method we are obliged to wait until the bark will peel on the 

 stock. I find by experience that it is best to cut every limb 

 that needs to be grafted on large trees all at one time, so as to 

 keep the top even and well balanced, leaving a few brush to 

 hold the life of the tree until the grafts are well started. But 

 these should all be cut away as soon as the second year. 



Cut the limbs with as long arms as possible, so as to bring 

 the grafts wide apart and the top well spread, as like all young 

 sprouts they always shoot straight upward from their starting 

 point. Scions may be cut any time between the first of 

 November and the swelling of buds in spring, though it is 



