ESSAY ON THE APPLE. 



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Fig. 12. Fig. 13. 



knife driven with a hammer or mallet, 

 and a wedge inserted to keep the 

 cleft open (fig. 13). Take a i?cion 

 with two or three buds, and cut the 

 lower end in the form of a wedge, be- 

 ing careful to leave the edges smooth 

 (fig. 12). Adjust the scion on the 

 outer side of the stock, so that the in- 

 |/\| ner bark and stock of the scion shall 

 lig. 14. come in direct contact, and with- 

 draw the wedge (fig. 14.) Cover the end of the stock with 

 grafting wax, allowing it to lap over the end about an 

 inch. Rub it down smoothly, so as to make the joint 

 between the scion and stock air and water tight, and 

 entirely cover the cleft in the stock. When the stock is 

 of sufticient size, say two inches, or more, in diameter, 

 a scion may be inserted on both sides (fig. 15.) The 

 Fig. 15. weaker one may be taken off after the first year. The 

 highest branches should be grafted first, and not more than one 

 third, or, at most, one half, of the tree should be grafted at one 

 time, as some leaves are necessary to assimilate sap for the sus- 

 tenance of the tree. 



