. Fruit farming: practical and scientific, for commercial fruit growers and others. Fruit-culture. which to split and hold open the limb for the insertion of the scion; (3) a small mallet; (4) grafting wax or grafting clay; and (5) scions. A good recipe for grafting wax, as used in Canada, is the following:âResin, four parts by weight; beeswax, two parts; tallow, one part. Melt together and pour into a pail of cold water, then grease the hands and pull and work it until it is nearly white. In dealing with an old tree the regraft- ing should not all be done in one year, but in two or more years
. Fruit farming: practical and scientific, for commercial fruit growers and others. Fruit-culture. which to split and hold open the limb for the insertion of the scion; (3) a small mallet; (4) grafting wax or grafting clay; and (5) scions. A good recipe for grafting wax, as used in Canada, is the following:âResin, four parts by weight; beeswax, two parts; tallow, one part. Melt together and pour into a pail of cold water, then grease the hands and pull and work it until it is nearly white. In dealing with an old tree the regraft- ing should not all be done in one year, but in two or more years, so as not to upset the constitution of the tree. For cleft grafting the limbs should be about two inches in diameter, as the wounds then soon heal over. Clef T â &RRrT. cut in early winter and placed with their lower ends deep in the ground to retain their moisture, behind a north wall so as to retard their growth in spring. Cleft Geaft. The necessaries for the work are: (1) a sharp, fine-toothed pruning saw, with which to make a clean cut of the limbs to be grafted; (2) a grafting chisel, with. 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 Hooper, Cecil H. London, The Lockwood press
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