SECT. VII. 



OF GRAFTING. 



87 



fort of agreement between the cion and flock neceffary; 

 the cion not being too big, or the ftock too fmail, to 

 prevent a proper bedding. If more than one cion be 

 not put in, the ftock on the oppofite fide to the cion 

 {hould be doped up about two inches in length, to 

 half its thicknefs. 



This way of grafting is gfcd mod properly with 

 Jlrong flocks; and fometimes is applied to large 

 branches, and even trunks of old trees, to change the 

 forts, or renew the wood. In proportion to the large- 

 nefs of which, from two to five or fix cions are put in, 

 and fometimes of different forts; and it the ftock be 

 large, the more the better, as it heals over the fooner, 

 and as they infure the life of the ftock, by receiving 

 and earn ing off the fap ; in which refpect a fmgle 

 branch of the head of an old ftock may be left on, 

 for the fap to pafs off by when it begins to ilir. 



Having inferred the cions, and bound them, clay the 

 top of the ftock well, fo as to fhoot off the wet. Li 

 tins way of grafting, the cions are liable to be difturbed^ 

 or moved from their places by ftrong winds, and the 

 beft preventative is to tie fmall long flicks to the flocks, 

 and then the cions to them, taking care to place the 

 flicks fo as not to force the cions; and as the ihoots 

 proceed to pufh they may be fallened to the flicks alio, 

 and fo grow two years, when nature will need no 

 farther aftiftance. 



Side-graffixg is done in the hark, much like 

 imculaticn, a cion being inferted inftead of a hud : 

 bur remember, there muft be a fluent fap fir ft, i. e, 

 the bark muft part readily from the wood, before this 

 mode of grafting is attempted. The bead oi the ftock 

 is Ufit to be cut off, only thinned a little if it be big, 

 and the fide ihoots taken awav. The bark of the ftock, 

 where the infertion of the cion is to be, muft be cut 

 through in the form of the letter T, as wide and as 

 long as is fufEcient to receive the cion, cut as be- 

 fore ? with a flope face of at kaft an inch long, taking 

 6 advantage^ 



