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Of Propagating Fruit-trees. 
ftrongly on the oppofite fide of theStock to 
where the Graff is, commonly it is broken 
off, having as yet no other hold than in 
the Rind, and being top heavy withall, is 
eafily broken ; to prevent which you muff 
nip off the Shoot with your nails, that it 
sfpire not too high, and abate fomeof the 
broader leaves, which like fails to a thip 
give the wind an advantage; by which 
means the Graff will be more ftubborn and 
able to refill: the wind, and the next years 
Shoots will fpread the better, And then 
the danger will not befb great becaufe that 
which grows fo plentifully at the joyning 
of the Graff and Stock this year, being but 
flippy Rind, the next will be Wood. 
r,ji P - If Stock be under an inch in diame- 
: rrfms- ter, then the beft way is to whip on the 
Grafts, that is to fay, if the Stock be big¬ 
ger than the Graft, then cut the Stock off 
fitthe fmootheft place, and a little Hoping. 
Some place the Graff to the upper fide of 
the Slope, and fome to the lower, which is 
the better way, that the Rind or Bark may 
cover the fooner: on which fide fbever it 
be, the Rind muff be pared away,beginning 
eafily, and fo deeper upwards until you 
cut to the wood at the top ; then pare the 
end of the Graft accordingly, leaving it 
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