. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. GRAFTING. lA culture is as the following ; Apples, on apple or crab seedlings for orcnnrds (standards,) or on Paradise apple stocks, for dwarfs ; Pearsj on pear seedlings for common culture, or Quince stocks for dwarfs, and sometimes on the thorn for clayey soils; Peaches, on their own seedlings for standards or for orchards; on Almonds, for liot and dry climates ; on Plums in cold or moist soils, or to secure them against the worm ; Apricots, on Plum stocks, to render them hardy and productive, or on their own seedlings to render
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. GRAFTING. lA culture is as the following ; Apples, on apple or crab seedlings for orcnnrds (standards,) or on Paradise apple stocks, for dwarfs ; Pearsj on pear seedlings for common culture, or Quince stocks for dwarfs, and sometimes on the thorn for clayey soils; Peaches, on their own seedlings for standards or for orchards; on Almonds, for liot and dry climates ; on Plums in cold or moist soils, or to secure them against the worm ; Apricots, on Plum stocks, to render them hardy and productive, or on their own seedlings to render them long-lived. Nectarines are usually worked on the Peach or Plum ; and Cherries on mazzard seedlings; or some- times on the Perfumed Cherry for dwarfs. The manual operation of grafting is performed in a very easy and complete manner when the size of the stock, or branch to be grafted, corresponds pre- cisely with that of the scion. In this case, which is called splice grafting, it is only necessary with a smooth sloping cut, upwards on the stock a, and downwards on the scion Z>, Fig. 2, to make the two fit precisely, so that the inner bark of one corres- ponds exactly with that of the other, to bind them firmly together with a strand of matting, and to cover the wound entirely with grafting clay or wax, and the whole is finished. In this, which is one of the neatest modes, the whole forms a complete union nearly at once ; leaving scarcely any wounded part to heal over. But, as it is only rarely that the stock is of so small a size as to fit thus perfectly to the scion, the operation must be varied somewhat, and requires more skill. The method in most com- mon use to cover all difficulties, is called tongue Splice grafting, grafting. We may remark here that grafting the shoots of Peaches, Nectarines and Apricots, owing to their large pith is more difficult than that of other fruit trees. A variation of splice-grafting, Fig. 3, has been invented to obviate this. This consi
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