NEW PROCESS OF GRAFTING. 



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NEW PROCESS OF GRAFTING. 



WYMAN ELLIOT, MINNEAPOLIS. 



There are whip, cleft, saddle, veneer, side, bark, herbaceous, 

 seed, double and cutting grafting. The one I wish to call your 

 attention to is cleft giafting, leaving a large spot in the stump of 

 the tree which rarely heals up solid when the old method is used. 

 In the new process of grafting it makes no difference how large 

 the stump is, the scions can be set all around it without injury to 

 the heart wood. Where it has been tested they report admirable 



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A. Opening cut by saw. B. Opening enlarged by knife E. C. Graft when 

 inserted in opening. D. View from above showing how graft fits into opening. 



success — 95 per cent of a full stand. The tools used are very 

 simple, only requiring a sharp, thine-bladed knife, a sharp 

 pruning saw and a harness maker's circular cutting knife, 

 a pot of melted wax, a brush and a handful of raffia or strips of old 

 cloth to tie around the stump and hold the scions in place until a union 

 has formed, a discerning eye, a trained hand, some mechanical 

 genius and good judgment in cutting off the proper limbs, and we 

 are readv for our work. First, saw off the limbs in the central 



