GENERAL NOTES ON GRAFTING. AY 
erly grafted, often overcome this fault and make good 
horizontal growths. Ifa 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 TREE PREPARED FOR TOP-GRAFTING, 
branches of all the larger limbs, if the tree is large. 
Long, pole-like limbs should always be avoided. The 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 
