SECT. VII, OF CHAFFING* *S' 



that they will take much older, though (perhaps) not 

 fo certainly. As a medium way, if a little ot the 

 former years wood be cut with a cion of the laft, and 

 this elder wood be ufed for the part grafted, it will be 

 found to anfwer, in covering the ftock fooner ; though 

 it mull be acknowledged, that all ne-iv wood is the 

 common practice of thofe who raife trees for fale ; 

 which circumftance is ordinarily a prefumptive proof 

 of right. However, if wood of a year's growth is 

 not Jlrong enough, then, at leaft, fome of the old wood 

 ought to be cut with it : and the bigger the ftock is, the 

 more this practice commends if feff, ,a» the barks will 

 be fomewh.it more equal in thicknefs. 



Proceeding to grajf, take off a little of the lower 

 end of the cion firft, and then cut it in length, fo as to 

 have three or four eyes to appear above the claying : 

 two eves will be furhcient for a ftandard, but four is- 

 better for a dwarf that is to be trained, In cutting 

 cions into Lengths, let the top eve- be juft in front, or 

 juit behind, but rather the former. \Jfe not, (except 

 upon neceilitv ) the upper part of a cion, as the wood 

 is too raw for the purpofe, and will be fh-rivelied ; yet 

 ftrong cions (properly inferted) feldom mifs through 

 drought : indeed they will take fooner than it quite 

 fre(h cut and full of lap. 



The time for grafting is ufually from Mid- February 

 to Mid '-March ; but in a forward feafon fooner, and 

 in a backward one fometimes later. 



Cleft-Graffing has been the mod common 

 method of propagation, and though it is not the neateft, 

 yet it is a certain and eafy way to young practitioners. 

 The (locks for this mode of grafting Ihould be ftrong, 

 about thiee quarters of an inch diameter, or more if it 

 fo happen ; but it may be lifed with very young Hocks, 

 having cions of like thicknefs. 



Cut off the bead, as before directed, fo as to have 



(on the funny fide) a fmooth part in the ftock, where 



the cion is to be placed, and cutting a part of the ftock 



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