SECT. VI r. 



OF GRAFF TNG. 



that they will take much older, though (perhaps) not 

 fo certainly. As a medium way, if a little of the 

 former years wood he cut w T ith a cion of the laft, and 

 this elder wood be ufed for the part graffed, it will be 

 found to anfwer, in covering the flock fooner ; though 

 k mull be acknowledged, that all new wood is the 

 common practice of thofe who raife trees tor fale ; 

 which circumftance is ordinarily a prefumptive proof 

 of right. However, if w^ood of a year's growth is 

 not jlrong' enough, then, at lea ft, fome of the old wood 

 ought to be cut with it : and thebiowr the flock is, the 

 more this pra&ice commends itfelf, a& the barks wilt' 

 be fomewhat more equal in thicknefs* 



Proceeding to gruff, take off a little of the lower 

 end of the cioii firil, and then cut it in length, fo as to 

 have three or four eyes to appear above the claying : 

 two eyes will be fufficient for a ftandard, but four is 

 better for a dwarf that is to be trained.. In cutting, 

 cions into lengths, let the top eye be jufl in front, or 

 juil behind, but rather the former, Ufe not, (except 

 upon neceffity) the upper part of a cion, as the wood 

 is too raw for the purpofe, and will be fhri veiled ; yet 

 ftrong cions (properly inferted) feldom mifs through 

 drought : indeed they will take fooner than if quite- 

 rrefh cut and full of fap- 



The time for graffing is ufually from 'Mid-February 

 to Mid-March ; but in a forward feafon fooner, and 

 in a backward one fometimes later. 



Cleft-Graf flng has been the mofl common 

 method of propagation, and though it is not the neatefl, 

 yet it is a certain and eafy way to young practitioners, 

 The flocks for this mode of graffing mould be flrong, 

 about three quarters of an inch diameter, or more if it 

 fo happen ; but it may be ufed with very young, flocks, 

 having cions of like thicknefs^ 



Cut off the head, as* before dire&ed, fo as to have 

 (on the funny fide) a fmooth part in the flock, where 

 the cion is to be placed, and cutting a part of the ilock 



E6 off 



