126 PROPAGATION. 



cleft work and inserted as shown, when the stock 

 is cut off above it in a line parallel with the cion 

 and half an inch above it, wax is applied and the 

 work is done. 



Grafting Wax. For out door work 32 ounces 

 resin; 14 ounces beeswax; and 7 ounces linseed oil. 

 Melt together and bring to a heat, some above the 

 boiling point for water, cool and use. Stone fruits 

 are sometimes root grafted like the apple, and in 

 that case they are waxed with a brush. This wax 

 will be a little softer. For this add i more ounce 

 of beeswax and another 01 oil. 



DOUBLE WORKING. 



Where it is desired to have a high headed tree, 

 some of the objections to that form may be over- 

 come by a process called double working. This 

 consists of grafting the desired variety upon the 

 straight stock of a tree one or two years old, pre- 

 viously root grafted with the long cion and short 

 root. In such cases the cion is set from 2 to 

 4 feet above the ground, according to the fancy of 

 the operator. 



The variety used for a stock is of the greatest 

 importance, as it is found by long experimenta- 

 tion that there are few suitable. Either the 

 stock or the cion overgrow, and in some 

 cases the tree becomes barren. There is no 

 way of determining what stocks and cions are 

 affinities except by experiment, and even those who 

 have continued this system the longest and most 



