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THE ART OF 



not being long enough to reach its neighbour (B), we take a 

 well grown branch (C), of the current year if we operate in 

 August, and of the preceding year if we graft in April. The 

 hase of this is cut with a double slope, and is introduced into 

 the incision on A, which penetrates the alburnum, by the 



Union by Approach- Grafting of Trees trained in the form of double U. 



process of side cleft-grafting. The other extremity is cut 

 with a notch in the part which will bear upon the other tree, 

 in which a corresponding cutting is made. The parts, being 



Cordons united by Approach- Grafting. 



fitted into each other, are bandaged and covered with grafting- 

 wax. The method of inarching might also be used here with 

 equal advantage. 



