MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, kc. 20J 



men near London, efpecially for fmali flocks, becaufe the 

 cions much fooner cover the flocks in this method than in 

 any other. 



This is performed by cutting off the head of the flocks 

 Hoping ; then there mufl be a notch made in the flope 

 toward the upper part downward, a little more than half an 

 inch deep, to receive the cion, which mufl be cut with a flope 

 upward, and a flit made in this flope like a tongue, which 

 tongue mufl be inferted into the flit made in the Hope of the 

 flock, and the cion mufl be placed on one fide of the flock, fo 

 as that the two rinds of both cion and flock may be equal and 

 join together exactly ; then there fhould be a ligature of bafs 

 to faflen the cion, fo as that it may not be eafily difplaced, 

 and afterwards clay it over as in the former methods. 



The fourth fort of grafting is termed, inarching, grafting 

 by approach, or ablactation. This is only to be performed 

 when the flocks that are defigned to be grafted, and the tree 

 from which the graft is to be taken, fland fo near together? 

 as that their branches may be united. It is commonly 

 praclifed on tender exotic plants, and fome other forts which 

 do not fucceed in any of the other methods. 



In performing this operation, a part of the flock, or branch, 

 mufl be flit off about two inches in length, obferving always 

 to make choice of a fmooth part of the flock ; then a fmali 

 notch fhould be made in this flit of the flock downward, in 

 the fame manner as hath been directed for whip-grafting ; the 

 branch of the tree defigned to be inarched fhould have a part 

 Hit off in like manner as the flock, and a flit made upward in 

 this fo as to leave a tongue, which tongue fhould be inferted 

 Into the flit of the flock ; obferving to join their rinds equally, 

 that they may unite well together ; then make a ligature 



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