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This plan is better to save young orcliard trees than 

 inserting scions to bridge over the stem 

 injury. But where quite large trees are 

 disbarked in any way in the dormant 

 season it is best to spring in scions as 

 shown by Fig. 51. When the bark 

 begins to peel in spring, scions some- 

 what longer than tlie space to be 

 bridged are cut to a wedge at each end 

 I as for cleft-grafting, and by bending 



Fie. 51. — Saving the scion the wedge ends are slipped 

 girdled trees. between tlie bark and wood .through 

 openings cut above and below the injury. The parts are 



Fig. 53. — Sawed-ofE section of a bridged tree. 



