. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 124 GRAFTAGE. approximately equai distances from the center of the tree; and then, to prevent the occurrence oi long and pole-like branches, various minor side-branches should be grafted. These will serve to fill out the new top and to afford footholds for prun- ers and pickers. Fig. 127 is a good illustration of an old tree just top-grafted. Many stubs should be set, and at least all the prominent branches should be grafted if the tree has been well-trained. It is better to have too many stu
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 124 GRAFTAGE. approximately equai distances from the center of the tree; and then, to prevent the occurrence oi long and pole-like branches, various minor side-branches should be grafted. These will serve to fill out the new top and to afford footholds for prun- ers and pickers. Fig. 127 is a good illustration of an old tree just top-grafted. Many stubs should be set, and at least all the prominent branches should be grafted if the tree has been well-trained. It is better to have too many stubs and to be obliged to cut out some of them in after years, than to have too few. Small trees, with a central axis (such as have been set only two or three years) may be cut off bodily, as at R in Fig. 128; such trees can usually be changed over in one or two years. In thick- topped trees, care must be exercised not to cut out so much foliage the first year that the inner branches will sunburn. All large branches which must be sacrificed ought to be cut out when the grafting is done, as they increase in diameter very rapidly after so much of the top is removed. A horizontal branch lying directly over or under another. 128. Stub for top-grafting a young Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan Co.
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