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PRODUCTION 



Sect. XV. 1.4. 



fc 



I mention th 



ted by Mr. Jay in th 



communications to the Board of Agriculture, Vol. I. par 



3 



d 



4 



P 



^ 

 J 



6 



d is referred to in the Mem 



f the American Ac 



demy, Vol. I. p. 386. But there mufl undoubtedly have been fome 

 miftake in refpe6t to the produ6lion of fuch an apple by any method 

 of grafting, and which is fo well explained as above by Mr. Bradley. 

 It only remains here to add in refpe(fl to grafting, that it is hecef- 

 fary to apply the bark, which contains or coi 



(ifts of the caud 



of 



the young 



is inferted. 



fc 



6lly to the bark of the branch 



hich 



pplied 



d th 



fp 



of in2:raftin2 fucceed 



o 



D 



whether it is performed on a branch or on a root ; and whethe 



But I fufpedt, that wh 



fion, or inoculation, or inarching 



fingle bud is inoculated, it has often/ailed from the unfkllful operator 

 havino- feleded a flower-bud inflead of a leaf-bud; which probably 

 unites its caudex to thofe of the ftock with lefs vigour, and certainly 



dies after it 



bud in his mouth 



has ripened its feed 



by his imprudently holding th 



he afcends the ladd 



while he makes th( 



A leaf. 



incifion, and.thus deftroying it by heat, as 1 once obferved 



bud may in general be diftinguiflied from a flower-bud by its being 



fharper pointed and lefs fpherical. 



Where the fummits of very young fcions of only a hw weeks 

 old are to be ufed to ingraft with and upon 



pply 



pith exadly to the pith 



as 



th 



may be neceflary alfo 

 fummit bud is yet a 



primary being, and not like a lateral one, whofe whole caudex exifts 



the bark, which adher 



it, when it is taken off for 



tion. 



The choice of buds for the purpofe of inoculation Is probably of 

 more confequence than has hitherto been imagined. As we have 

 endeavoured to fhew, that buds from parts of the bark diftant from 

 the central bud, and which are not generated in the bofom of a leaf, 

 arc in different ftates of maturity ; the.y muft require more years be- 

 fore they can produce a fexual progeny of flowers, and a confequent 



feminal 



