. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ceous grafting in nhicli the cion is taken from green or growing wood It IS customary to clissif\ grafting m respect to the wi> m which the union is made There are three rener d t\ pea in ( iramon use in this country: ktt gi tt \li 1 tting veneer grafting. ( / in splitting the stock 1 tie cion into the cleft
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ceous grafting in nhicli the cion is taken from green or growing wood It IS customary to clissif\ grafting m respect to the wi> m which the union is made There are three rener d t\ pea in ( iramon use in this country: ktt gi tt \li 1 tting veneer grafting. ( / in splitting the stock 1 tie cion into the cleft. I r large stocks prefer- is then se GRAFTAGE 663 It is then put away for future use, and will keep indefi- nitely. When used, the warmth of the hands will cause it to soften. The hands should be greased to prevent it from sticking. Cleft-grafting is the method usually employed in the top-grafting of fruit trees, as apples, pears, plums and cherries. Old peach trees are rarely changed over to a new variety. If they are, budding is employed, as al- ready suggested; the limbs are headed back so that new sun if the shxt (Fig d rramt ] f three 1 ids lcn.,th long joiiite 1 ail 1 if tl e\ 1lRt^ is new or rare, and the wool thrut re scii th \ mi^ be made of 1 t -s I 1 II el 1 1 ed part should 1 t 1 1 tl 1 in order that 111 II I I ft (Pig 938). It t 1 1 1 ear the top of tl \ 1 \l 1 1 tl 111 covered with was It 1 th in tlik ht jrrjw since it is nearest thesourceof f jodsupi h an I is less iniured by ex- ternal conditions Iti ushesthiough m the open air i together one pound (1 dared tallow two part. 943. Tree grown from a long-cion root-eraft. four parts of resin. The melted liquid is poured into a pail or tub of water, when it immediately hardens. It is then pulled until it is light-colored and develops a grain. 944. Grafting knife (X %). wood is secured in which the buds may tie set. It is im- portant, in all top-working of fruit trees, to keep down the suckers which spring up around
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