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ifir^e or four years he has been wonderfully fuccefsful, and I 

 am happy in an opportunity of adding my teftimony to the 

 advantages lefulting from this method of renovating old fruit- 

 trees. 



An idea equal to the prefent fyftem could not have fallen 

 into better hands than thofe of Mr. Fairman, He is blefled 

 with a good foil, cultivates the land well, and fteadily attends 

 to improvementi The gentlemen of the committee, by lookino- 

 at the three little (ketches of drawings which reprefent the 

 three trees, will fee that Fig. 1 is fo amputated, as not likely 

 to continue in health, fo as again to form a good tree j and 

 that Fig. 2 will be many years before, if ever it does. But 

 there are now many fine large trees in the (late of Fig. 3, 

 which have been engrafted but three or four years, and yet, 

 as far as (lru6lure goes, are complete already, and in two 

 years much fine fruit may be expeded. 



The fyftem is as follows : Make the trees perfedly clean, 

 and keep them as uniformly large as is convenient. 



In autumn, 1801, I fpent fome days at Lynfted, aud feveral 

 times walked over the plantations with Mr. Fairman, and was 

 very much pleafed with their appearance. 

 I remain, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 

 THOMAS SKIP DYOT BUCKNALL. 

 February 22, 1802. 



Reference to the Engraving of Mr. Fairman's Method of Reference to thf 

 Extreme-Branch Grafting; Plate VIII. Fig. I, 2, 3, 4-. engraving!. 



Figure 1. difplays the old pradice, commonly called cleft- 

 grafting. 



Fig. 2. Improved experiment on Fig. 1, by engrafting 

 higher up the tree. 



Fig. 3. Shows the method of extreme-branch grafting, re- 

 commended from experience, by Mr. Fairman. Two grafts 

 or fcions are there placed at the extremity of each branch ; 

 be(ides which, additional grafts are inferted in the (ides of the 

 branches; as, at AAAAAA, or where they are wanted to 

 form the tree into a handfome (bape. 



Fig. 4. Sho^s upon a larger fcale than the former figurea 

 the method of applying the grafts at the extremity of the 

 branches, and retaining them by the bafs-mat bandage and 

 cement. 



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