. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION. 35 thin blade is needed for this operation, A wax plaster, drawn closely round the place of union, completes the work. When the stock and graft are very nearly of equal size, this is a very perfect mode of grafting, as large corresponding surfaces are made to fit, and the graft receives freely the ascending sap. In all these modes of grafting, whenever a wedge is made to enter a cleft, it should be thickest on the side where the fit is ma
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION. 35 thin blade is needed for this operation, A wax plaster, drawn closely round the place of union, completes the work. When the stock and graft are very nearly of equal size, this is a very perfect mode of grafting, as large corresponding surfaces are made to fit, and the graft receives freely the ascending sap. In all these modes of grafting, whenever a wedge is made to enter a cleft, it should be thickest on the side where the fit is made between the two parts, so as to receive the full pres- sure of the cut faces at that side, as shown in Fig. 50. A modification of saddle-grafting, very successful in its re- sults, is thus performed: Late in spring, after growth has commenced, the scion, which is much smaller than the stock, is split up, nearer to one side, more than half its length (Fig. 53). The stronger side is then sharpened into a wedge at its point, and introduced between the bark and the wood, a slight longitudinal slit being made through the bark of the stock, that it may open slightly and admit the graft. The thinner division of the graft is fitted to the opposite sloping side of the stock. The whole is then covered with wax. The great length of that portion of the graft in contact with the bark and fresh wood greatly f acili- tates their union; while the cut face of the stock is speedily covered with a new growth by that part of the graft which rests upon it. Veneer-grafting is still another method, strongly ad- vocated by some. Mr. E. S. Crandall of Michigan thus describes the process. Fig. 54 will explain the veneer- graft : A shows the cuts upon stock and scion; these cuts are not to extend into the wood, but simply through the back, so that when placed in position the exposed broad surfaces of cambium come together; B shows stock and scion in contact, and bound with raffia or other material; C
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