The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . Saddle-Grafting. Baddle-Grafting Large Stocks. Saddle-grafting, Fig. 8, consists in cutting the top~ of the stock inthe form of a wedge, splitting the scion and thinning away each halfto a tongue shape, placing it astride the stock, and fitting the two, atleast on one side, as in tongue-gi-afting. This mode oti;ers the largestsurface for the junction of the scion and stock, and the union is very per-fect. Mr. Knight, who practised it chiefly upon Cherry-trees, statesthat he has rarely ever seen a graft fail, even when the wood has beenso succulent and i
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . Saddle-Grafting. Baddle-Grafting Large Stocks. Saddle-grafting, Fig. 8, consists in cutting the top~ of the stock inthe form of a wedge, splitting the scion and thinning away each halfto a tongue shape, placing it astride the stock, and fitting the two, atleast on one side, as in tongue-gi-afting. This mode oti;ers the largestsurface for the junction of the scion and stock, and the union is very per-fect. Mr. Knight, who practised it chiefly upon Cherry-trees, statesthat he has rarely ever seen a graft fail, even when the wood has beenso succulent and immature as to preclude every hope of success byany other mode. A variety of this mode, for stocks larger than the scions, is prac-tised with much success in England after the usual season is past, andwhen the bark of the stock separates readily. The scion, whichmust be smaller than the stock, is split up between two or three PROPAGATION OF VARIETIES. 23 inches from its lower end, so as to liave one side stronger than the stro
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