. The American fruit culturist. budif possible. The tongue graft is the best for small wax is needed for this underground grafting, but somebandage should be used to hold the parts firmly in strips dipped in hot grafting-wax and then dried arevery good. A ball of wet clay may be pressed about thewound and the earth packed to near the top of the scion to stopevaporation. A very important point, and one that must notbe overlooked, is that the scions should be cut early, beforeany signs of starting, and put in some cool, damp place untilafter the stocks have begun to grow.
. The American fruit culturist. budif possible. The tongue graft is the best for small wax is needed for this underground grafting, but somebandage should be used to hold the parts firmly in strips dipped in hot grafting-wax and then dried arevery good. A ball of wet clay may be pressed about thewound and the earth packed to near the top of the scion to stopevaporation. A very important point, and one that must notbe overlooked, is that the scions should be cut early, beforeany signs of starting, and put in some cool, damp place untilafter the stocks have begun to grow. In the sawdust of an NUTS. 437 ice-house is a safe place, or buried in earth where the sun willnot warm it early; otherwise they are apt to start too early. Prong Grafting is recommended by B. M. De Long, in theexcellent monograph on nut culture, recently issued by theU. S. Department of Agriculture,* as follows: In this method the prongs or extremities of the branchesare used. Fig. a represents the scion or prong used, and the.
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