The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . 8. TONGUE AND CLEFT GRAFTS. a. Scion ; & Prepared Scion ; c. Tongue yraft; d. Scion ; c. Prepared for cleft yraft; t. Cleft graft,on old 9. SCIONS FOR TWIG AND AXILLARY BUDS. a. Scion for t\vi«- bads unprepared; 6. Same, prepare,! ; o. ?cion for axillary buds, unpreparedd. Same, prepared. lo Feb., 191; The Olive. 129 Spring is the most suitable time to carry out either budding or graftingon tlie olive. Budding m,ay also take place again in late summer-; but,unless forced, such buds remain dormant over winter, and break intogrowth
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . 8. TONGUE AND CLEFT GRAFTS. a. Scion ; & Prepared Scion ; c. Tongue yraft; d. Scion ; c. Prepared for cleft yraft; t. Cleft graft,on old 9. SCIONS FOR TWIG AND AXILLARY BUDS. a. Scion for t\vi«- bads unprepared; 6. Same, prepare,! ; o. ?cion for axillary buds, unpreparedd. Same, prepared. lo Feb., 191; The Olive. 129 Spring is the most suitable time to carry out either budding or graftingon tlie olive. Budding m,ay also take place again in late summer-; but,unless forced, such buds remain dormant over winter, and break intogrowth in the spring. Spring buds, on the other hand, break into growthstraight away ; and, as they gain .a good hold, the tops of the stock orbranches are shortened back to concentrate the growth of the tree in thebud. Scions.—The same care should be in selecting olive .scions,either for budding or grafting, as is taken with other trees. They shouldl>e obtained from the strongest and most prolific trees, and should be ofwell-matured, but not over-matured, wood and of a suitable size. A goodmethod of obtaining suitable ones where little growth is made is to cutback some of the branch
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