. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 96 IMPLEMENTS. Fig. 51. Small shoots are removed by the hooked part, show; in fig. 50. The budding-knife, fig. 51, should have a broad, flat blade, the edge of which is to be rounded outwards, for the more ready incision of the bark. The thin ivory blade or haft at the extremity of the handle, as the budding-knife is commonly made, may be dispen
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 96 IMPLEMENTS. Fig. 51. Small shoots are removed by the hooked part, show; in fig. 50. The budding-knife, fig. 51, should have a broad, flat blade, the edge of which is to be rounded outwards, for the more ready incision of the bark. The thin ivory blade or haft at the extremity of the handle, as the budding-knife is commonly made, may be dispensed with in nearly all cases, the bud when set m, lifting the bark as it slides downwards, more perfectly than by any other mode, after the corners of the bark are lifted with the point of the blade. The grafting-tool (fig. 52) is rs Fig. 5-2 useful in cleft-grafting large apple trees. It may be made of iron, the edge set with steel. It is used for splitting the stock, after it is sawed off and pared. The part a should be two inches broad with a sharp edge, which should curve inwards, that the bark, in splitting, may be cut first, to give it a smooth flat face. The wedge b opens the slock to receive the graft. By the hook c it is hung on a twig close at hand, when not in use. Grafting wedges for common use, may be made by grinding down large cut nails. The grafting-shears, a recent invention, have effected a great improvement in cleft-grafting, rendering the work much more expeditious and perfect. They consist of a short thin blade oi the best steel, a, fig. 53, two or three inches long, set at an angle of about a hundred and twenty degrees with the handle b, which Fis- 53- moves it against a concave bed in the wooden piece, c. The angle which the Dlade and its bed form with the handles, imparts a sawing motion to the knife, which renders it more effective. It may be used on stocks an inch or an inch and a half in diameter. Pressing the top of th« stock from the operator with
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