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OF GRAFFING. 



SECT. Vll.r 



ftock, choofing a gibbous part of it fo as exaftly to 

 correfpond with the cut-furface of the cion, taking 

 care to fit them fo that the cion may Hand erecT: (or 

 nearly) when clapped to. Shouldering is commonly 

 praclifed alfo in this way. 



Graffing in the bark, which is fometimes 

 called crown graffing, is perhaps as good a way as any, 

 both for eafe of operation and certainty of fuccefs; but 

 it will hardly fuifc any other -fruit than apples or pears ^ 

 as other cions will be paft ufe (molt likely) before the 

 bark of the flocks will peel, as the time for this bu- 

 finefs is towards the end of March y or beginning of 

 April. 



The head being cut off, make a {trait flit down and" 

 through the bark from the top, at the place deftined: 

 for the graff, which mould be rather Jauiherly or 

 wejlerly. This fcore down the bark fliould be nearly 

 as long as the Dope cut of the cion, which may be 

 one and a half, or two inches. Loofen the bark a little 

 at the top of the fcore ^ and then with fome fmooth 

 inftrument rather of dry hard wood, ivory, bone, or 

 filver, than iron or fteel, open the bark fufficiently ta 

 receive the cion,. by puihing the inftrument down a 

 trifle below the bottom of the ilk. This inftrument 

 fliould be thin, tapered and rounded towards the pointy 

 to fuit the fhape 01 the cion's face; one fide of it flat*, 

 and the other a little convex, the flat fide being ap- 

 plied to the wood of the ftock ; let it be rather nar- 

 rower -than the cion ? . that it may not loofen the bark- 

 too wide. 



Cut a bit of the lark of the cion fmooth off at the- 

 bottom that it may not turn up in puihing down. It 

 will be proper to cut the cion with a fmall Jhoulder, to 

 reft upon the ftock. And becaufe when the cion is in* 

 it will bear the bark up hollow from the ftock, fcore 

 the bark on each fide the cion, fo that it may fall 

 clofe to the ftock, and to the edges of the cion. Bind 

 and clay neatly. In this way of graffing there is a. 



