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changing the tree into a different rariety. Sometimes 

 the buds are inserted in limbs which are two and three 

 years old; but it is usually preferable, if the tree is of 

 some age, to cut back the tree somewhat heavily the 

 previous season or the previous spring, in order to get 

 a growth of suckers into which the buds may be set. 



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set the bud on the north side of the stock in order that 

 it may be shaded from the hot sun. 



A T-shapcd incision, just through the bark, is made 

 on the stock (Fig. 9.32 1. The crosswise incision is usu- 

 ally made first. As the operator takes his 

 knife from the last incision which he 

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