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erly grafted, oiten overcome tliis fault and make good 

 horizontal growths. If a tree has been properly pruned, 

 nearly all the conspicuous branches should be grafted. 

 As a rule they should not be grafted where they exceed 

 an inch in diameter. Some scions should be set on side 



Fig. 6. — A TKEE PREPARED FOK TOP-GKAFTING. 



branches of all the larger limbs, if the tree is large. 

 Long, pole-like limbs should always be avoided. Tlie old 

 practice of grafting a few large stubs low down in the 

 largest crotches, has nothing to recommend it. Even 

 the plea of cheapness because fewer scions are set, is over- 

 balanced by the injury to the tree and length of time re- 

 quired to change the top, I have seen many cases of this 



