SECT. VII. aF CRAFFINC, 8?1 



ever, that practice this work, owing to the great 

 number of nurferymcn ready to fuppiy trees. But 

 though they raiie fine trees, much difappointment has 

 often happened in dealing with them (particularly in the 

 fort J which might be avoided, by a man's being able 

 to raife good trees for hhnjelf. Directions precifely 

 descriptive of the bufrnefs of grafting, are therefore? 

 here attemped, and if once underitood, trials fhould 

 be made without minding the difcouragement of a few 

 failures; for practice will make perfeft. 



Proper fiocks being ready, and cions, or buds pro- 

 cured, there will be wanting a good fharp narrow- 

 bladed pen-knife, and a fharp fmooth-edged pruning- 

 knife, with fomc well wrought loam, or clay, and fome 

 good new bafs, or flrong yarn. The clay ihould be 

 made up as morter, mixed with fhort hair, or fine 

 chopt hay, with a little horfe dung, and prepared a 

 day or two before-hand; or longer the better, being 

 beat up afrefh with a little water qvcij day^ 



The fir ft thing to be done is, to cut off the head of 

 the Jioek at the proper height, and in a fair part of the 

 bark, making a fmooth flat top : If the flock is too 

 ftrong for the knife, and a faw is ufed, it muff be 

 fmoothed with the knife after. The propereff fize for 

 flocks, is from half an inch to an inch diameter, a 

 little more or lefs, however, may do. When a ftock 

 is too little, the cion is apt to overgrow it, and when 

 too big, the cion does not fo well, or fo foon, cover 

 the ftock, as might be wifhed : yet flocks of any fize 

 can be ufed by one mode of grafting or other. 



Dwarf trees are to be graffed within fix inches of 

 the ground, and Jlandards as high as the flock will 

 well bear, confideiing whether they are to be half or 

 full flandards ; the former at about three or four feet, 

 the latter at five or fix. But trees defigned iov ftandard?, 

 may be graffed, or inoculated at a lower height, the 

 graff being trained to the defked length, by keeping it 

 to a fingle item. 



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