. Plant propagation; greenhouse and nursery practice. FIG. 195—SIDE AND TERMINAL GRAFTS A, side j;raft of herbaceous plant complete; a, cion; b, stock enlarged; B,terminal graft complete; c, cion; d stock. only one seasons growth, should be cut while the treesare fully dormant and stored in an ice house or in someother cold place to keep the buds from swelling. Theoperation is best performed just when the trees are break-ing into leaf. If the twigs are long and the lower budspoorly developed, these should be discarded Becausecleft grafting is a rigorous operation, preference, wher-ever possibl
. Plant propagation; greenhouse and nursery practice. FIG. 195—SIDE AND TERMINAL GRAFTS A, side j;raft of herbaceous plant complete; a, cion; b, stock enlarged; B,terminal graft complete; c, cion; d stock. only one seasons growth, should be cut while the treesare fully dormant and stored in an ice house or in someother cold place to keep the buds from swelling. Theoperation is best performed just when the trees are break-ing into leaf. If the twigs are long and the lower budspoorly developed, these should be discarded Becausecleft grafting is a rigorous operation, preference, wher-ever possible, should be given to stocks of one-half to one Ml-:ill()l)S Ol (IkAlTlXG 241. inch, so the hcalint; may l)e C(>nii)lclc(l in u single season,thus lessenings the chances of decay. In sucii cases onlyone cion is needed. When large stocks are used it maybe necessary to keep the cleft wedged apart so as not tosqueeze the cion too much. Such wedges should be])laced in the heart wood and cut ofif even with the faceof the stub. 313. Grafting irons are of two general forms; one sug-gesting a sickle with its point reversed aufl thickened toform a four or five-inch wedge, theother a straight shank with blade onone side and the wide wedge at theend on the other. (Fig. 1!)4.) Theformer, usually homemade, is moreof a splitting tool, useful for straight-grained wood; the latter, sokl bynursery and seed houses, rather acutting tool suitable for gnarly stocks Ffi- 196—NEWLY T . , , . SPROUTED CLEFT GRAFT In waxmg, tmie may l^e saved m ^ote upward trend of twigs,cold weather if the wax is kept wann and soft in hot water. A cabinetmakers gluepot is very handy for liquid w
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