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stock I use a sharp saw pretty widely 

 set. When the wood to be used is 

 heavy, I saw out a long wedge, deeper 

 on one side tlian tlie other ; cut the 

 graft to tit tightly, tie it and replace 

 the earth (irmly up to cov«!r the whole 

 hud a little, and put a handful of saw- 

 dust on it to keep from getting a crust 

 to prevent the bud from pushing 

 through. I prefer grafts with two 

 eyes, unless too long jointed. As to the 

 time of i'raftini', there seems to be but 



If the grafting is done late, tiie 

 grafts to be used should not be kept 

 back, but may be in full sap and the 

 buds well swollen. If too dormant, 

 they will be drowned by the .sap from 

 the vine before they have time to cal 

 lus. And when they do begin to grow 

 and suckers rise from the stock, great 

 care must be taken in removing them. 

 I invariably stick a little pine .stick 

 one inch south of each graft, so tliat the 

 exact place of the bud may be known. 



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little difference from the time the frost 

 is out of the ground until the vines 

 have grown two feet. As to the bleed- 

 ing, as it is called, this is a mistaken 

 notion. The greatest success 1 ever 

 had in grafting on two year stocks in 

 the nursery was in cutting o(i" the vines; 

 when they were .so full of sap, that as 

 the clippers would snap off the vines 

 on its little spring, the sap flew up into 

 my face. There is much more in the 

 condition of the grafts to be u.sed. 

 These must be of well ripened, sound 

 wood, t;i ken off late in the fall before 

 severe weather has occurred. 



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-A., ')K WoObX KKTON A|-[1,K 



The Princess Louise, or Woolvepton 

 Apple 



ME.S.SUS. SMirii and Kkkman, of St. 

 Catharines, have of late been exhibiting 

 fine samples of this valuable new apple 

 at the meetings of the vfuious Horti- 

 cultural Societies. It was shown at 

 our annual meeting at (Jrimsby, at the 

 last meeting of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society at Boston ; at that of 

 the Western New York Horticultural 

 Society at Rochester, and at our win- 

 ter n)eeting at Ottawa ; and now that 

 it has been favorably noticed by the 

 fruit committees at all these places, it 



