. The nursery-book : a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . Plant propagation. 128 GRAFTAGE. decay unless it is well protected from the weather, the old stub becomes her- metically sealed by the re- parative tissue. Fig. 133 shows a section of an apple graft nearly fifty years old. The original stub, about an inch in diameter, is seen in the center, the end of it entirely free from the enclosing tissue. It is a dead piece of wood, a foreign body pre- served in the heart of the tree. The depth of the old cleft or split is traced in the heavily shaded portion. When this section was m
. The nursery-book : a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . Plant propagation. 128 GRAFTAGE. decay unless it is well protected from the weather, the old stub becomes her- metically sealed by the re- parative tissue. Fig. 133 shows a section of an apple graft nearly fifty years old. The original stub, about an inch in diameter, is seen in the center, the end of it entirely free from the enclosing tissue. It is a dead piece of wood, a foreign body pre- served in the heart of the tree. The depth of the old cleft or split is traced in the heavily shaded portion. When this section was made, the cores of the old cions were still found in the cleft and the grafting-wa.\—faithfully laid on a half century ago—still adhered to the end of the stub, underneath the mass of tis- sue which had piled it- self over the old wound. „ ^ , ^,., IJ3 The stub 13T split Cleft-gralting through the cleft, and seen '. fyom the opposite side. put to \Tiri- iius Other uses than the top-grafting (if old trees. It is in common use on soft and fleshy stocks, as cactuses, :ind various fleshy roots. Fig. 134 shows a cleft-graft on cactus. The cion is held in place with a pin or cactus spine, and it is then bound \v\\\\ raffia or other cord. Wax- ing is not necessary. A similar graft is often made on peony roots. The cleft in the thick. 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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