. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 164.—Budding-Knives. XI4 IMPLEMENTS USED BY FRUIT CULTIVATORS. than by any other mode, after the corners of the bark are lifted with the point of the blade. The grafting-chisel (Fig. 165) is useful in cleft-grafting large apple-trees. It is made of iron, the edge set with steel. It is used for splitting thestock, after it is sawedoff and pared. The cut-ting part should be notless than two inchesbroad, with a sharpedge, which shouldcurve inward, that thebark, in splitting, maybe cut first, to give it aFig. Chisel. See also Fig. 28. smooth, flat
. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 164.—Budding-Knives. XI4 IMPLEMENTS USED BY FRUIT CULTIVATORS. than by any other mode, after the corners of the bark are lifted with the point of the blade. The grafting-chisel (Fig. 165) is useful in cleft-grafting large apple-trees. It is made of iron, the edge set with steel. It is used for splitting thestock, after it is sawedoff and pared. The cut-ting part should be notless than two inchesbroad, with a sharpedge, which shouldcurve inward, that thebark, in splitting, maybe cut first, to give it aFig. Chisel. See also Fig. 28. smooth, flat face. The wedge at the end opens the stock to receive the graft. The pruning shears shown in Figs. 166 and 167 are, takenall in all, the most useful tool the orchardist can have. There.
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