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grafted, the better j but those expert in grafting 

 have wonderful success, even with very old apples, 

 apricots, pears, &c. 



Cleft, or crown grafting, are the methods most ge- 

 nerally practised by those who thus renovate old 

 trees, or, for fancy and amusement, engraft many 

 different varieties on the same tree. If it be intend- 

 ed to renovate a tree entirely, all the branches should 

 be headed and grafted ; whether it have been fan- 

 trained^ or have been trained horizontally. They 

 need not, however, be all cut to equal lengths ; but 

 indeed should be cut at different lengths, in order 

 to have new wood issue, not all at one part, in a 

 crowded manner, but at various heights, and so as 

 that there may be room to train it properly. Two, 

 three, or four grafts should be put on each branch, 

 according to its size, in order to insure the taking of 

 one; which is generally enough to leave ultimately, 

 unless it be thought right to leave two on the larger 

 branches, or on the stems of such trees as have been 

 trained horizontally, and have been headed entirely 

 down. 



In grafting such, on branches more than two 

 inches diameter, crown-grafting is the method to be 

 advised ; for smaller stems or branches, cleft-graft- 

 ing ; -methods known to every one proficient in the 

 science of grafting, and which need not here be ex- 

 plained ; particularly as it is not supposed a perfect 

 novice would attempt a branch of the business so 

 difficult, on such trees as are now under considera- 

 tion. 



