90 . , OF GRAFFIKG. : SECT. VII. 



Having cut the head of the stock off, and the cion 

 to its proper length, slope the lower end of the cion 

 about an inch and a half, and to a point; then cut the 

 stock to answer it, (the cut of the stock however may 

 be a trifle wider and longer) hark against bark, and 

 tie them together exactly to their place, and clay it. 

 But for the greater certainty of keeping a cion to the 

 part, cut it so as to leave a small shoulder at the top 

 of the slope, and the stock so as to leave a narrow bit 

 of its crown to answer it, and to hold it 



There is a sort of whip-graffing that has been de- 

 nominated slicing, or packing, which differs only 

 from the one just described, in that the stock is of 

 any size ; and this is performed by cutting the cioii 

 to a face, as before, and then taking oft' a slice from 

 the (beheaded) stock to suit it, choosing a gibbons 

 part of it so as exactly to correspond with the cut- 

 surface of the cion, taking care to fit them so that the 

 cion may stand erect (or nearly) when clapped to. 

 Shouldering is commonly practised also in this way. 



G RAFFING IN THE BARK, which is Sometimes 



called crown grftffing, is perhaps as good a way as 

 any, both for ease of operation, and certainty of suc- 

 cess ; but it will hardly suit any other fruit than 

 apples or ptars, as other cions will be past use (most 

 likely") before the bark of the stocks will peel, as the 

 time iJor this business is towards the end of March, 

 or beginning of April, requiring a free sap. 



The head being cut off, make a strait slit down and 

 through the bark from the top, at the place destined 

 for the graff, which should be smooth, and let it be 

 rather southerly or westerly. This score down the 

 bark should be nearly as long as the slope cut of the 

 cion, which may be one and a half, or two inches. 

 Loosen the bark a little at the top of the score, and 

 then with some smooth instrument rather of dry hard 



