Sunset . w£WAX ?^. In cleft-grafting, saw limbs offsquarely. Stubs left should havea diameter not greater than fourinched. Wood and bark belowthe cut should be free of knotsand blemishes. Leave a largelimb, preferably on the southside to shade side grafts fromsun and to utilize surplus sap. Now with handax and malletsplit limb stubs through theircenters at right angles to the ver-tical, or tree trunk, line. A hori-zontal split holds grafts moresecurely. After splitting, force ascrew driver (or other pryingtool) into the cut until a half-inch cleft is formed. (See sketch.) Scions should be take
Sunset . w£WAX ?^. In cleft-grafting, saw limbs offsquarely. Stubs left should havea diameter not greater than fourinched. Wood and bark belowthe cut should be free of knotsand blemishes. Leave a largelimb, preferably on the southside to shade side grafts fromsun and to utilize surplus sap. Now with handax and malletsplit limb stubs through theircenters at right angles to the ver-tical, or tree trunk, line. A hori-zontal split holds grafts moresecurely. After splitting, force ascrew driver (or other pryingtool) into the cut until a half-inch cleft is formed. (See sketch.) Scions should be taken from vig-orous last seasons growth. Cutthem five inches long with fourgood buds. Sharpen lower endwith two long cuts as fit scions one on either side,into the cleft. Match as nearly aspossible the cambium layers ofstock and scion as indicated. Remove pry tool. Tension ofwood should hold scions carefully to exclude the good grafting wax can be ob-tained at any seed store, or onecan b
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