. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. propagation: 33 Grafts have been shrivelled and spoiled by mistakenly placing dry cotton batting among them before thus encased. To send grafts in larger quantities, or by " express," pack them in alternating layers of fine, slightly damp moss. It is always important, whether packing grafts for keeping or for distant conveyance, to preserve the natural moisture precisely, and no more. If the packing is too wet, they will become water- soaked
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. propagation: 33 Grafts have been shrivelled and spoiled by mistakenly placing dry cotton batting among them before thus encased. To send grafts in larger quantities, or by " express," pack them in alternating layers of fine, slightly damp moss. It is always important, whether packing grafts for keeping or for distant conveyance, to preserve the natural moisture precisely, and no more. If the packing is too wet, they will become water- soaked and rot. Grafts which have become dry may be • restored if the moisture is applied so gradually that its absorption may require several weeks, by burying them as above stated. The following figures represent the two most common modes of grafting fruit-trees: Figs. 41 to 44 representing successive stages of •whip or tongue grafting, from the sloping cut of the scion and stock, to the completion of the operation by the covering with the wax plaster. Whip-grafting may be employed for large as well as small stocks. In order that the line of separation be- tween the bark and wood may coin- cide in both, unless the graft be as large as the stock it must be placed at one side (Fig. 45), a, sloped and tongued for the reception of the graft, b, their union being represented by Fig. 46. To facilitate the wrapping of the wax plasters, one side and the upper point of the stock are pared off with a knife, before the two are joined, as shown by the dotted line. This is a good mode of grafting any stocks not over three-fourths of an inch in diameter, in the nursery row. Fig. 47 shows a stock cut off for cleft-grafting, with the upright cleft separated by the grafting-chisel ready for the graft; , the graft cut wedge-form to fit it; Fig. 49. the graft in its place, and Fig. 50 shows a cross-section illu§- 3. Fig. 45. Fig. 46. Whip-grafting Large Please note that these ima
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