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will serve for valuable common kinds, care being taken to graft 

 them before they become very large, although even then they 

 may be grafted as shown below. 



LARGE TREES. 

 Fig. 108. 



A. Large tree to be grafted by installments, viz : 

 a, a, a, a. To be grafted the first year. 



6, b. To be grafted the second year. 



c, c, c. To be grafted the third year ; and any that have failed to grow may also be ro- 

 grafted. 



B. A large tree, the limbs of which have been cut off to induce a growth of sprouts for 

 budding or grafting. 



Whenever it is discovered that fruit-trees are not such kinds 

 as we would desire, or are of such kinds as do not suit our par- 

 ticular locality, they should be immediately regrafted, substi- 

 tuting a variety of known character and success. Little or no 

 time will be lost in the maturing of the tree for full bearing if 

 this be done with promptitude. If, however, the tree has at- 

 tained considerable size, let it be grafted by installments, be- 

 ginning near the top, and grafting about one third of it per 

 year. See Fig. 108 A. 



Sometimes such a tree has all its limbs cut off at once within 

 a foot or two of the trunk, for the purpose of inducing a young 

 growth of sprouts that may be more easily grafted or budded ; 

 and if the tree be comparatively young and vigorous, it may 



