. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 119. this limit it is very convenient. It is much used by nurserymen in root-grafting apple, pear and plum seedlings. It is done to a large extent during the winter months, when but very little can be accomplished out of doors. It is performed as follows: Root-Grafting.—Seedlings which are dug in autumn and packed in moss or saw- dust in a cold cellar, are taken as needed to a warm room and the scions grafted upon them just below the col- lar, i. e., the place where root and top are ?joined. The kind of graft made is illustrat- ed i
. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 119. this limit it is very convenient. It is much used by nurserymen in root-grafting apple, pear and plum seedlings. It is done to a large extent during the winter months, when but very little can be accomplished out of doors. It is performed as follows: Root-Grafting.—Seedlings which are dug in autumn and packed in moss or saw- dust in a cold cellar, are taken as needed to a warm room and the scions grafted upon them just below the col- lar, i. e., the place where root and top are ?joined. The kind of graft made is illustrat- ed in Fig. 101, which shows the successive stages of the work. A shows a seedling apple root with top removed, which is to be cut off and grafted at the cross 'i.—Vross-section through a graft showing^^^^] ^ shows scion; C cleft and scion in place. scion and stock pre- pared for being united, but with the cut held open. This cut is made by the knife-blade, and no wood is removed from it. J), the same united. U, the union wrapped with a strip of paper or cloth which has previously been covered with grafting wax. Some prefer waxed string for this covering. The grafts should be about eight inches long. When completed they should be tied in bundles and put away, packed very firmly in sand or light soil, in a cold cellar. Early in the spring they should be planted in the nursery, about six inches apart, in rows three feet apart, setting all but the upper bud of the scion below the surface of the ground. It is important to plant the scion deep so as to encourage it to throw out roots, as the trees are then more hardy than when they ^^^ depend entirely on the seedling root for support. Great care should be taken to have the soil very firm and solid around the base of the root and at the union. This may be secured in several ways. Some nursery- men attain this end by the use of a large dibber, having a guard on the side to prevent its going too deep. With this a hole is made suffi
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