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from tlie tree in early winter and heeled in the ground in a shaded 

 situation, so as to keep the buds in a dormant condition till the wood is 

 used. At the time of grafting, the sap movement in the stock should he. 

 more active than that of the scion. 



D 



B 



Plate 28.- Section of a pear tree originally -whip-grafted. A, 

 where graft was made ; B, Stock ; C, Scion ; D, Line of 

 demarcation. 



Making the Union. 



The method of uniting the stock and the scion in nursery Avork is 

 generally done by using what is knovim as the whip or tongue graft. 

 This form of grafting is recommended where the two parts to be joined 



