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to keep the inserted bark and bud close to the wood 

 of the tree. As at this season, the tree being in 

 full growth, the tying will in the course of two or 

 three weeks become too tight, it must then be un- 

 done, and applied again more loosely. In any case 

 where the operation may have failed which will be 

 determined by the shrunk and sapless appearance of 

 the bud let the bandage be altogether removed, and 

 let the curled edges of the bark be neatly pared, that 

 all may grow smooth as before, lest the vacuity, with 

 its covering of mat, become a chamber in which mul- 

 titudes of insects will seek a shelter, and revel on 

 the core of the tree, enlarging their apartments as 

 they increase their population. In the course of the 

 winter pruning, such domiciles should be thoroughly 

 erased, always cutting deeper, until no brown speck 

 appear ; for any remnant of unhealthy wood is unapt 

 to take on a covering of healthy bark. When the 

 bud has rightly taken effect, it will be found enlarged, 

 and closely embraced in the bosom that received it. 

 In some cases it will grow up during the season of 

 its insertion; but more frequently it will wait the 

 return of spring, and then show a growth as vigorous 

 as any shoot of the parent tree. When it is evi- 

 dent 3 on the return of spring, that the strange bud 

 has become naturalized, and is ready to commence 

 its growth, it should be encouraged, or directed ac- 

 cording to the design which you wish it to fulfill. 

 If your object is to have a diversity of fruit on the 

 same tree, and to produce from the bud one or more 

 branches, make a notch above the place of its inser- 

 tion, in order to impede the course of the sap, and 

 direct it into the channel of the bud; but if you 



