. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . III. Cleft grafting knife (xjl). GRAFTAGEi. 122. HoiVs grafter. handle of the knife. It is important that the wedge standwell away from the curved blade in the knife shown inFig. 120, else it cannot bedriven into the stub. In thepicture, it is too close to theblade. In Fig. 121 — madefrom the style ofknife most com-monly seen in themarket—the wedge is too short formost efficient service. There are various devices forfacilitating the operation of cleft-grafting, but none of them have become generally popu-lar. One of the bes
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . III. Cleft grafting knife (xjl). GRAFTAGEi. 122. HoiVs grafter. handle of the knife. It is important that the wedge standwell away from the curved blade in the knife shown inFig. 120, else it cannot bedriven into the stub. In thepicture, it is too close to theblade. In Fig. 121 — madefrom the style ofknife most com-monly seen in themarket—the wedge is too short formost efficient service. There are various devices forfacilitating the operation of cleft-grafting, but none of them have become generally popu-lar. One of the best is Holts device (Fig. 122), whichcuts a slot into the side of the stub. The machine is hedin place by a trigger or clamp working innotches on the under side of the upper handle is then thrown over tothe right, forcing the knife into the is a Californian device. A verygood grafting-knife for small stocks ortrees in nursery row is shown in This is the Thomas knife. Thelarger arm is made entirely of its upper end is a grooved portion,into which the blade closes. This bl
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