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QUINCE CULTURE. 



another ; and next on the apple, white thorn, and June- 

 berry. On the white thorn it escapes the borer. 



The choice of wood for cuttings is last year's growth 

 from near the center of the tree. Be sure they are from 



healthy and vigorous trees. 

 If trees are propagated from 

 bearing " ; T ood they will come 

 into fruit sooner than if from 

 blind wood. Here is a rea- 



SPLITTING KNIFE AND CHISEL. 



son for the difference in the 

 bearing age of trees from the same parentage. 



Spring is the best time for grafting, except the root 

 grafting already described. In March we work by the 

 methods best suited while the bark adheres to the wood, 

 and later by those suited to a bark easily separated 

 from it. 



Cleft Grafting is the most common method, and is 

 done by cutting off the stock smoothly, and splitting it 



Fig. 32. CLEFT GRAFTING. Fig. 33. SPLICE GRAFTING. 



down from an inch and a half to two inches, according 

 to the size of the stock and the thickness of the cion. 

 Into the cleft set the cion, with the end cut wedge- 

 shaped, the outer edge a trifle thickest, and so placed 

 that the liber or inner bark of the graft and stock shall 



