GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



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The single or double vertical or oblique cordon may be 

 re-grafted as low as possible. The horizontal cordon should 

 be grafted at the height of the elbow formed by the unilateral 

 or bilateral stem. The horizontal or oblique pahnette, single or 

 double, is grafted on each of its branches. When there are 



Restoration of a tree trained as a chandelier. 



many series of branches, about one-third of them is cut away, 

 and the stem is also amputated at this height. The branches 

 are to be afterwards shortened in graduated lengths, diminish- 

 ing from the base of the tree to the top. With a palmetto of 

 some width we can with greater certainty maintain the vigour 



