CHAPTER II. 



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MULTIPLICATION OF A VARIETY. 



ONCE in possession of a fine variety of fruit, 

 a benevolent man would be anxious to know- 

 how its existence might be perpetuated, and 

 the number of trees of it indefinitely multi- 

 plied. Indeed, without any very urgent 

 promptings of benevolence, the fortunate re- 

 cipient, in Pomona's lottery, of such a prize 

 as the Esopus Spitzenburg apple, the Para- 

 dise tfAutomne pear, or the like, might natu- 

 rally enough be solicitous to increase the 

 number of trees of it, as rapidly as possible. 

 Since these objects cannot be obtained by 

 sowing the seeds of the fruit, as we have 

 already stated, we must resort to the only two 

 other methods left us, 1st, That of dividing 

 the original tree ; 2d, That of grafting buds 

 or scions from the original into other trees. 



