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FRUIT-GARDENING. 



by Mr. Louden : Select a scion with one good eye ; pare it 

 beneath the eye and on the opposite side in the form of a 

 wedge. Select from the stock to be grafted on, a branch of 

 the preceding year ; cut this off a little above the second eye 



Pyramidal Training. 



from its base ; then with a sharp knife split it down the centre 

 nearly to the old wood. Out of each half of the stock, but 

 chiefly out of that half which is opposite the bud, pare off as 

 much as is necessary to make it fit the scion, which must be 

 inserted with its eye opposite to the eye which is left on the 

 top of the stock, and bandaged together carefully with bass 

 matting. Some use grafting-clay, others composition ; in 

 either case, a small hole for the eye of the graft, and another 

 hole for the eye left on the stock, must be left open. Tie over 

 a little moss, to be occasionally sprinkled with water. It is 

 essential that the young shoot on the top of the stock should 

 be allowed to grow for ten or fifteen days ; then cut it off, 



