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knife pull off tliat part of the wood which was 

 taken with the bud, observing whether the eye of 

 the bud be left to it or not, (for all those buds 

 which lose their eyes in stripping should be thrown 

 away, being good for nothing;) then having gently 

 raised the bark of the stock where the cross inci- 

 sion was made, with the flat haft or handle of vour 

 knife clear of the wood, you should thrust the bud 

 therein, observing to place it smooth between the 

 rind and the w^ood of the stock, cutting off any 

 part of the rind belonging to the bud which may 

 be too long for the slit made in the stock ; and, 

 having thus exactly fitted the bud to the stock, you 

 must tie them closely round with bass mat, begin- 

 ning at the under part of the slit, and so proceed 

 to the top ; taking care that you do not bind round 

 the eye of the bud, which should be left open. 



When your buds have been inoculated three 

 weeks or a month, you will see which of them have 

 taken ; those which appear shrivelled and black are 

 dead \ but those which remain fresh and plump, 

 you may be sure are joined ; and at this time you 

 should loosen the bandage, which, if not done in 

 time, will pinch the stock, and greatly injure, if 

 not destroy, the bud. 



In the March following you must cut off the 

 stock about three inches above the bud ; sloping 

 it, that the wet may pass off, and not enter the 

 stock : to this part of the stock left above the bud, 

 it is very proper to fasten the shoot which proceeds 



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