. The principles of plant culture; a text for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Gardening; Botany. OOf) PRINCIPLES OF PLANT CULTURE cion contains a bud on its thicker edge. When the stock exceeds an inch in thickness, two cions are usually in- serted (Fig. Ill), to increase the chances of success. The elasticity of the stock should exert sufficient pressure to maintain very close contact between it and the cion; otherwise it should be tightly bound with cord or rafiia (393). The cions should contain at least one bud beyond the end of the stock. The wedge- shaped cut is usually made ab
. The principles of plant culture; a text for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Gardening; Botany. OOf) PRINCIPLES OF PLANT CULTURE cion contains a bud on its thicker edge. When the stock exceeds an inch in thickness, two cions are usually in- serted (Fig. Ill), to increase the chances of success. The elasticity of the stock should exert sufficient pressure to maintain very close contact between it and the cion; otherwise it should be tightly bound with cord or rafiia (393). The cions should contain at least one bud beyond the end of the stock. The wedge- shaped cut is usually made about one inch long, and the cion should be inserted into the. Fig. 116. Fig. 117. Fig. 118. Fig. 116. — Cion shaped ready for insertion in cleft. Fig. 117. — Cions inserted in cleft, ready for waxing. Fig. 118. — Cross-section in Fig. 113 (after Maynard). C cambium layer of stock; C' cambium layer of cion. The cambium layers of the outer edge of the cion should form a continuous line with those of the stock. The cion is made a little thinner at its inner edge to per- mit the pressure of the stock to be exerted at the outer edge. cleft as far as the length of the wedge, after which all the exposed wounded surfaces, including the distal end of the cion, should be coated with grafting-wax (387). Cleft-grafting is most used in top-grafting old trees. Four to six of the main branches, located as nearly equidis-. 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 Goff, E. S. (Emmett Stull), 1852-1902; Moore, J. G. (James Garfield); Jones, L. R. (Lewis Ralph), 1864-1945. New York, Macmillan
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