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is done on very large stubs. Usually cuts of less than 2 or more than 

 4 inches diameter are undesirable. 



A method used in some cases is that of cutting off the tops quite 



FIG. 35. Top-grafting. Bottom Making the cleft. Top Scions inserted and waxed. 



severely one year and then allowing the stubs to sprout, which they 

 usually do very vigorously, and grafting on the best of these young 

 sprouts the following year. In following this method some have cut 



