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be made in a knot ; that the graft must be f rom- 

 a tree which is a good bearer, and from a young 

 shoot; that the graft must not be sharpened or 

 pointed while the wind is blowing ; that the graft 

 should be inserted during the moon's increase; 

 with the final warning, "A graft should not be 

 used that is too full of sap, no, by Hercules! no 

 more than one that is dry and parched." 



"Graft close down to the trunk," the later 

 theory of grafting has been, "there the sap pres- 

 sure is highest and the grafted cion has the best 

 opportunity to live. 



"Graft away out at the tip ends of the tree 

 and yon will save from two to seven years of 

 time. 



"Grafting close to the trunk gives the cion a 

 better opportunity." 



Give anything a good opportunity and it takes 

 its own time to mature. 



Take away that opportunity, and responding 

 to the inborn tendency of every living things to 

 reproduce itself, it will hasten the process with- 

 out waiting to accumulate strength. Therefore, 

 if we graft away out at the tip ends of the tree, 

 while we make it harder for the cions to exist, 

 yet, in consequence, they will bear much sooner. 



Furthermore, if we graft close to the trunk, 

 we can, at best, attach but a few cions. 



