S^CTe VII. 



OF GRAFF I N G. \ 



the top, or rather above it. Care muft be taken that 

 the bud is not hurt, and it is to be left only juft flatting 

 out between the bafs : This is the mode ot inoculation 

 commonly ufed. 



Some gardeners infift, that it is beft to cut the bark 

 of the fteck thus j y , and fo infert the bud by pufhing it 

 upward inftead of downward, becaufe by this method it 

 fhoots off wet effeclually. 



Others fquaring the bud to an oblong, clap it to the 

 place to be inoculated, and fcoring the flock to its fize, 

 cut out the b.u*k of the Hock from within the lines, and 

 having put the bud to the place, bind it in : but great 

 exaclncfs muft in this way be obferved, that the edges of 

 the bark do regularly touch. 



Another way, and perhaps as good as any, is this : — 

 clap the bud to the ftock, (the bud being firft fquared) 

 and rather before it is feparated from the wood, and 

 fcore the bark on each fide, and aero fs the top; and 

 inftead of fcoring the bark at the bottom, do it a 

 quarter of an isch (or rather more) above the bottom 

 ends of the fide lines; then take off the bark between 

 the lines, and place the bud, by pufhing it down this 

 piece of bark, (being firft loofened) which will ferve 

 to hold it. Bind clofe, but not over tight. If in this 

 method the bud fits exaclly, it is a very fure and neat 

 way of inoculating. As the fcoring of the ftock is 

 beft done before the barking of the bud, a little allow- 

 ance muft be made, as when the bud is feparated from 

 its wood, it will fpread a trifle wider. 



If the buds have taken, it will be feen in about three 

 weeks, or a month, by their appearing//*^ and plump. 

 As often as any fhoots appear below the budding, cut 

 them off, and alfo fome of the fhoots above, if there are 

 many of them ; for it is not proper that an inoculated 

 ftock fhould have a large head. In a month loofen the 

 bandage, by taking it off, and putting it on gently 

 again, for another month, 



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