. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 292 The Principles of Fruit-growing surface of the wood, as already explained, is kept fresh. It is usually best,- however, if no connection of bark remains, to bridge over the girdle by cions. These cions are of the same kind as those used for ordinary grafting. The edges of the girdle are pared down to fresh wood, and the cions are cut 2 or 3 inches longer than the width of the girdle. They are whittled to a wedge shape on either end, and these ends are inserted between the bark and the wood on the upper and low
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 292 The Principles of Fruit-growing surface of the wood, as already explained, is kept fresh. It is usually best,- however, if no connection of bark remains, to bridge over the girdle by cions. These cions are of the same kind as those used for ordinary grafting. The edges of the girdle are pared down to fresh wood, and the cions are cut 2 or 3 inches longer than the width of the girdle. They are whittled to a wedge shape on either end, and these ends are inserted between the bark and the wood on the upper and lower rims of the girdle. They should be so numerous as almost to touch each other en- tirely around the tree. After they are inserted, a strip of cloth should be bound tightly upon the bark over their ends, and the whole girdle should then be waxed over. It is a good plan to pour alcoholic wax over the work, allowing it to run in between the cions and cover the edges of the bark and the exposed wood Hail injuries. The injuries caused by hail are very often confounded with those wrought by borers and other pests, and it is the delight of many persons to endeavor to puzzle the experi- menters and teachers with specimens of such work. Plum limbs injured by hail-stones are shown natural size in Fig. 105. Nothing special can be done for such injuries. They soon heal. Sun^scald. Often it is necessary to shade the trunks of young trees to prevent sun-scald, particularly in the hot plains region. Fig, 105. Injuries by hail- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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