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MANUAL OF GENEEAL AGKICULTUKE. 



FIG. 9. Cutting the bud. 



FIG. 10. Budding preparing the 

 stock. 



stem to the T starts at the crosscut and extends towards 

 the root for an inch or more. The flaps of bark caused by 

 the insertion of the two cuts (fig. 10, b) should be slightly 



