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unnecessary, as the two woods would not 

 gender without the bark, and there would 

 be no bark on the crown of the branch or 

 stock: three or four scions may be put on one 

 large crown; but this method of grafting is 

 by no means to be recommended, for the winds 

 are so apt to blow them out, and if the bodies of 

 the trees were sound and worth grafting, and the 

 branches too strong for whip -grafting, it would 

 be far better to cut them down nearly to the 

 stem of the tree, and the following year they 

 would throw out fine young wood for whip- 

 grafting, and rather than lose, you would save 

 time by this practice ; I have whip-grafted with 

 success, branches six and eight inches in cir- 

 cumference. 



Grafting by approach, commonly called 

 enarching ; this method is principally practised 

 among exotics, consequently the fruit grower 

 will not feel interested in its detail, particularly 

 the apple grower, it being by no means neces- 

 sary ; this practice is principally adopted 

 where the scion and stocks w T ill not unite 

 freely by whip-grafting. 



