. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION^. 29. flat-bladed knife to cut the faces, and another knife for other purposes. Fig. 29. 2. The second requires that the jaws of the stock, in cleft- grafting, press with some force, but not too much, against the wedge-shaped sides of the graft. A stock one-third of an inch in diameter will sometimes do this sufRciently; but three quarters of an inch is a more convenient size. In whip-grafting, the tongue and slit should be firmly crowded
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION^. 29. flat-bladed knife to cut the faces, and another knife for other purposes. Fig. 29. 2. The second requires that the jaws of the stock, in cleft- grafting, press with some force, but not too much, against the wedge-shaped sides of the graft. A stock one-third of an inch in diameter will sometimes do this sufRciently; but three quarters of an inch is a more convenient size. In whip-grafting, the tongue and slit should be firmly crowded or bound together. 3. The third requisite is attained by close examination with the eye. 4. The fourth is accomplished by plasters of grafting-wax, or by the application of grafting-clay. Graft- ing-wax may be purchased of any seedsman, or if preferred for any reason it may be made by melting to- gether rosin, tallow, and beeswax. An excellent grafting-wax is made of three parts of rosin, three of beeswax, and two of tallow. A cheaper com- position, but more liable to adhere to the hands, is made of four parts of rosin, two of tallow, and one of beeswax. These ingre- dients, after being melted and mixed together, may be applied in different ways. The wax may be directly applied when just warm enough to run, by means of a brush; or it may be spread thickly with a brush over sheets of muslin, which are afterward, during a cold day, cut up into plasters of conve- nient size for applying; or, the wax, after becoming cold, may be worked up with wet or oiled hands, drawn into thin strips or ribbons, and wrapped closely around the inserted graft. In all cases success is more certain, when the wax is pressed so as to fit to every part, and leave no interstices; and it is indispensable that every portion of the wound on the stock and graft be totally excluded from the external air. In cool weather, a lantern, or hot brick, or some other method of obtaining heat will be found necessary t
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