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THE APPLE CULTVRIST. 



to make a close union, when the parts are 

 bound securely and covered with wax, 

 and the tops are held apart, and in the 

 desired place, by a stay bound from tree 

 to tree. At Fig. 24 the manner of in- 

 arching is represented, which will re- 

 quire no further Fig . 24 

 elucidation than 

 the cut will give. 

 Inarching is fre- 

 quently employ- 

 ed to connect 

 the ends of two 

 branches above 

 the fork of a 



Grafting by approach, valuable tree, to 

 prevent one or both sides from be- 

 ing split down by a furious wind. Inarchin ^7g raft ing by a P - 

 The two parts to be united must be proach. 



held by means of stiff splints of wood, until the union is 

 perfect and strong. 



Inoculation, or Budding. 



In that smooth space a narrow slit we make, 

 Then living buds from bearing trees we take: 

 Inserted thus, the wounded bark we close, 

 In whose moist womb the tender infant grows. 



DRYDEN'S Virgil. 



The operation of budding consists in cutting a bud from 

 a young twig and inserting it beneath the bark of another 

 branch, or in bringing the bud and stock together in such a 

 manner that a union will readily take place between the 

 two. The future tree and fruit will always partake of the 

 character of the tree from which the bud was taken. 



Satisfactory success in budding will always depend on sev- 

 eral contingencies; such as, 1. The condition of the stock 



