. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 76. Fig. 77. Bridge-grafting over a Wound. round the trees in autumn, is not often adopted, and hence wehave frequent inquiries, What shall we do to save our mice-gnawed trees? Fig. 76 represents the stem of a young tree entirely girdlednear the surface of the ground. The tree will, of course, per-ish unless a connection is made between the two portions ofbark. An easy way to repair this damage is represented in It consists merely in fitting into openings, made with ahalf-inch chisel, short pieces of round wood sharpened at bothends to fit the chise
. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 76. Fig. 77. Bridge-grafting over a Wound. round the trees in autumn, is not often adopted, and hence wehave frequent inquiries, What shall we do to save our mice-gnawed trees? Fig. 76 represents the stem of a young tree entirely girdlednear the surface of the ground. The tree will, of course, per-ish unless a connection is made between the two portions ofbark. An easy way to repair this damage is represented in It consists merely in fitting into openings, made with ahalf-inch chisel, short pieces of round wood sharpened at bothends to fit the chisel-cuts. These cuts are made by placingthe chisel, when making the lower cuts, nearly upright orslightly inclining outward from the tree, and then placingthe point upward in a corresponding direction when making 48 PROP A GA TION. the upper cuts. The sharpened pieces or shoots are then bentoutward in the middle until the points will enter the open-ings, when they are firmly crowded in with the hand untilbrought nearly straight,
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