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C, C, C). In the following spring, the plum branch is divided 

 (as at B, B) into portions, each bearing engrafted bnds of 

 peach or apricot, which are then grafted on a plum stock, 

 either by cleft-grafting, or in the English way, or by inlaying. 

 The plum scion unites with the plum stock, and by extir- 

 pating any plum buds which make their appearance on the 



Result of Double-budding. Shield-budding Plum scions. 



former, none but the inserted buds of peach or apricot 

 will be developed upon it. This mixed process is not without 

 value when it is required to graft large stocks which are 

 xmsuited for shield-budding with kinds which do not take 

 well when branch-grafted. 



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