. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. MKTIIODS 01" CUAFTIXC. 241. inch, so the healing nui}' 1>e cumi)lcted in a single season, thus lessening the chances of deca}'. In such cases onl)- one cion is needed. \\ hen large stocks are used it may be necessar}' to keep the cleft wedged apart so as not to squeeze the cion too much. Such wedges should be I)laced in the heart wood and cut off even with the face of the stub. 313. Grafting irons are of two general forms; one sug- gesting a sjckle with its point reversed and thickened to form a four or five-inc
. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. MKTIIODS 01" CUAFTIXC. 241. inch, so the healing nui}' 1>e cumi)lcted in a single season, thus lessening the chances of deca}'. In such cases onl)- one cion is needed. \\ hen large stocks are used it may be necessar}' to keep the cleft wedged apart so as not to squeeze the cion too much. Such wedges should be I)laced in the heart wood and cut off even with the face of the stub. 313. Grafting irons are of two general forms; one sug- gesting a sjckle with its point reversed and thickened to form a four or five-inch wedge, the other a straight shank with blade on one side and the wide wedge at the end on the other. (Fig. 194.) The former, usually homemade, is more of a splitting tool, useful for straight- grained wood; the latter, si^ild by nursery and seed houses, rather a cutting tool suitable for gnarly stocks. In waxing, time may be saved in cold weather if the wax is kept warm and soft in hot water. A cabinetmaker's glue pot is very handy for liquid waxes to be brushed on wounds. In weather wann enough to keep wax fairly soft, application with the hands is to be pre- ferred, since every crevice can thus be sureh^ filled. To prevent wax from sticking to the skin grease the hands well. Solid wax is best applied when worked out by the hands into ribbons of, say, one-eighth inch thick. Start- ing at the top of the cion, the ribbon is pressed against and into the crack down the side of the stub, less being needed below than abo^'e. Next a ribbon is wound around the point where stock and cion join and pressed down well. The second cion is similarly treated. Finally the parts of the stub still exposed are covered with a spoon-shaped piece of wax, care being taken to FIG. 196—NEWLY SPROUTED CLEFT GRAFT Note upward trend of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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