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larger without making any material difference in the re- 

 sult ; the two sides of the stock are cut ofE in a sloping 

 direction, forming a wedge, as shown in figure 86 ; the 

 lower end of the cion is trimmed out on the inside so 

 that it will fit upon the stock, as shown. Young Apple, 

 Pear, and other fruit trees, when three or four feet high, 

 are often top-grafted in this manner, although what is 



Fig. 86.— saudlb 



GBAFTniO. 



Fig. 87.— MODIFIED SADDLE Fig. 88. — KNIGHT'S 

 GBAETING. SADDLE GRAFTIIIG. 



called a splice graft will answer equally well and can be 

 applied far more expeditiously. 



Sometimes the saddle graft is so modified that it is 

 intermediate between the cleft and the saddle, as shown 

 in figure 87. 



Another form of saddle grafting, introduced by Mr. 

 Thomas A. Knight, of England, in 1811, is shown in fig- 

 ure 88. Of this Mr. Knight says that " it is never at- 

 tempted until the usual season of grafting is passed, and 



