. Nature study and life. Nature study. 1/2 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE the scion will be good or bad according as this contact is more or less perfect. Of the many methods of grafting I will figure two, one of which we shall use with our apple tree, the whip- tongue graft; the other, common cleft grafting, we may need to know if we wish to add new varieties to an old tree. Let us suppose that we have secured the scions of the kinds we wish and buried them in the sand with the little trees in the cellar. Along in March or April we will take them both up and, selecting the largest stock cut it off at
. Nature study and life. Nature study. 1/2 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE the scion will be good or bad according as this contact is more or less perfect. Of the many methods of grafting I will figure two, one of which we shall use with our apple tree, the whip- tongue graft; the other, common cleft grafting, we may need to know if we wish to add new varieties to an old tree. Let us suppose that we have secured the scions of the kinds we wish and buried them in the sand with the little trees in the cellar. Along in March or April we will take them both up and, selecting the largest stock cut it off at the junction of root and stem with one smooth, slanting cut about an inch in length. Selecting a scion that is the same size, we will cut off its lower end in the same way, and, splitting the stock and scion a little, near the middle, as shown in Fig. 69, slide them carefully together. Wrap them tightly around with fine cotton thread that has been dipped in melted grafting wax and cover the whole wound with grafting wax and replace it in the moist sand until spring. It will be best to plant it back in the propagation bed and let it grow there for two years. As the buds of your graft start, allow only the strongest of them to grow to form the trunk of the future apple tree; and after two years you should have an apple tree from four to six feet tall, ready to transplant, as described for the grape- vine. At the time of transplanting we shall cut the. Fig. 69. Grafting a Seedling Apple Tree. 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
Size: 1226px × 2038px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectnatures, bookyear1902
