FRUIT TREES, Chap. I. 19 



to simple buds, which are merely wood buds that are too committed to their fate & 

 produce too few fruitful trees. 



When shoots are cut, or even before, the delicate tip must be removed, as well as 

 all of the leaves up to the end of their stalks. These parts transpire too much, and if 

 they're kept the shoots soon would lose their sap. Furthermore, they have to be wrapped 

 in damp moss, fresh grass, or a wet cloth, or their large end kept in water. When they 

 need to be transported a long way, or kept for several days, the large end is inserted into a 

 cucumber or other fruit and completely wrapped in damp moss. 



When grafts are collected, branches of the same species or of the same varieties 

 must be bundled together and labeled, tied with cords of different colors, or marked in 

 some other identifiable way. 



In addition, they must be grafted consecutively, numbering those of the same 

 species or varieties, & a record or list kept that corresponds to the labels or the numbers 

 in the nursery. 



If one isn't careful about these points & also about all the ones we've mentioned 

 beforehand, one runs the risk of making a mistake in choosing the right species, of 

 displeasure at having grown trees that are slow to bear fruit, or that produce only those of 

 poor & mediocre quality, and to blame the soil, the stock, the cultivation, the inclemency 

 of the seasons, &c. for faults that can be blamed only on the carelessness of the grafter. 



§.4. Insertion. Different ways to do it. 



I. CLEFT GRAFT. Fig. 1.1°. The stock is sawed horizontally. The cut is trimmed 

 with a pruning knife, a drawknife, or other very sharp instrument, mainly where one 

 wants to insert the graft. 



