HOW MAY I DO IT, TOO;—GRAFTING 
If cut back to where the branches are thicker 
the tree receives too great a shock, the grafts 
do not take hold as well and the tree forms 
a close, bunchy head which is not ornamental 
or profitable. Graft the branches where you 
wish them to grow to form a new top, leave 
many twigs and smaller and unimportant 
branches to keep the sap up until the grafts 
have one season’s growth. All suckers near 
the grafts should be pulled off as soon as 
they appear. It is very important, after 
grafting, to watch and cut back a part of the 
new growth early in the season, else the wind 
may get too great a leverage and break out 
the grafts before fully healed over. It is also 
often best to reinforce them for a while with 
a small twig or stick tightly tied to the old 
branch and lightly tied to the new growth.” 
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