. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . e exact lines be-tween the bark and wood meet for at least thegreater part of their length, but this is an er-ror. The callus or connecting tissue spreadsbeyond its former limits when the woundsbeg^n to heal. The most essential points are^^^. Rootedrather to be sure that the cion fits tightly ^/,^/t-gTafUdthroughout its whole length, and to protect (M)- the wound completely with an air-tight covering. Thepractice must be modified, of course, to suit the stock andthe occasion. Sometimes rooted cuttings of grapes arecleft-gra
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . e exact lines be-tween the bark and wood meet for at least thegreater part of their length, but this is an er-ror. The callus or connecting tissue spreadsbeyond its former limits when the woundsbeg^n to heal. The most essential points are^^^. Rootedrather to be sure that the cion fits tightly ^/,^/t-gTafUdthroughout its whole length, and to protect (M)- the wound completely with an air-tight covering. Thepractice must be modified, of course, to suit the stock andthe occasion. Sometimes rooted cuttings of grapes arecleft-grafted (F^. 124), and these, being in the ground,are not waxed, and it is difficultto split the stub deep enough toallow the cion to be thrust infar. If the stub, in this case,has little elasticity after beingsplit, it should be tightly woundto keep the cion in place. Anold grape stock, cleft-grafted,and then covered with earth,is seen in Fig. 125. Thesecovered grape stubs are usu-ally not waxed. This is the common, and generally thebest, method of grafting the 125. Cleft grafting on oldgrape stock. 122 GRAFTAGE. The wounds must now be covered with wax. Fig. 126illustrates a stub after the covering has been applied. If thegrafting is done in early spring, when the weather is cold, thewax will have to be applied with a brush. The wax ismelted in a glue-pot, which is carried into the tree. But ifthe weather is warm enough to soften the wax, it should beapplied with the hands. The hands are firstgreased to prevent the wax from sticking. Thetwo side or vertical portions are applied end of the mass of wax in the hand is flat-tened into a thin portion about a half inch portion is then laid over the lower bud of thecion and held there by the thumb of the otherhand, while the wax is drawn downwards over thecleft, being pressed down firmly upon the bark bythe thumb of the first hand. The wax graduallytails out until it breaks off just below the lowestpoint of t
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