. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 134 GRAFTAGE. The Angouleme takes well to the quince, and upon Angpu- leme dwarfs the Seckel and some other varieties are often worked. In double-working dwarf pears, it is imperative that both unions be very close to the ground. The piece of interposed wood is not more than one or two inches in length. The second cion is usually set after the first one has grown one season, although both may be set at the same time. Double-grafting for the purpose of securing a better growth is often practic
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 134 GRAFTAGE. The Angouleme takes well to the quince, and upon Angpu- leme dwarfs the Seckel and some other varieties are often worked. In double-working dwarf pears, it is imperative that both unions be very close to the ground. The piece of interposed wood is not more than one or two inches in length. The second cion is usually set after the first one has grown one season, although both may be set at the same time. Double-grafting for the purpose of securing a better growth is often practiced. The Canada Red apple, for in- stance, is such a poor grower that it is often stem-worked or top-worked upon the Northern Spy or some other strong stock. The Winter Nelis and the Joseph- ine de Malines pears are often double-worked for the same rea- son. Fig. 140 shows the top of a double-worked tree. In this in- fT stance, the body of the tree is two years old and is itself a graft or bud upon a seedling root. The second variety is grafted at 140. A doubu-worked tree. ^j^g poi„t ^j^g^e it is desired to start the permanent top of the tree, by whip-grafting in this instance. The figure on the left shows the two year-old top growing from this cion. The length of the cion is com- prised inside the dotted lines, and this region is enlarged in the figure on the right. The base of the cion was at t — below which is stock—and the top at N. The upper scar at N is the top of the cion itself, but the other scars show where superfluous twigs were removed after the cion had grown a year. This type of double-working of fruit-trees is to be recommended for weak or wayward growers. Grafting Waxes.—There are great numbers of recipes for waxes or mastics for protecting grafts and covering. 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 resem
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