6 GRAFTING. 



teen or eighteen inches out of the ground when 

 planted ; the stocks should remain two years, 

 and then they will be in good order for graft- 

 ing, during which time they will require very 

 little care or trouble, more than digging be- 

 tween and keeping them clean from weeds. 



GRAFTING. 



Par. 3. We next come to grafting-, 

 which is one of the most important branches 

 in propagation, particularly of the apple, it 

 being so subject to the canker, and so apt to be 

 injured where the graft is put on the stock, 

 which, if it once takes place, is almost sure to 

 destroy the tree. This will be fully explained 

 under the head of Canker. 



Grafting appears to those who may see 

 others performing it very easy, like looking at 

 another who may write a fine hand, but it 

 requires much practice to become a clean 

 grafter, as well as it does to write a clean 

 hand ; at the same time I shall endeavour so 

 fully to explain it, that it may be of consider- 

 able advantage to the pupil. 



There are various ways to graft, but the best 

 and usual method for stocks, planted as before 

 described, is what is commonly called whip- 



