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FRUIT BOOK. 



trees, particularly when the stock is not much larger 

 in diameter than the scions to be put on them. In 

 performing this operation, the head of the stock is cut 

 in a wedge-like form ; the scion is then split up the 

 middle, after which each half is pared off to a tongue 

 shape, and is then placed on the wedge-shaped top 

 of the stock, taking care that the inner bark of both 

 stock and scion join on one side at least ; the whole 

 is then tied fast with bast matting and covered with 

 waxed paper. 



Grafting under the bark in spring, when the bark 

 will separate from the wood, in the manner of bud- 

 ding, we have practised for many years, with good 

 success. The following are the different varieties 

 of this mode. 



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sjf* 



iP 2 : 



J? H 



er s? 



0.-3 O 



B5-- 3 



fif 



!1 



Fo 



5" ^ 



?3 



3' 

 0-ra 



In these several modifications of bark grafting, the 

 lower end of the scion must be pared off, and then 

 applied closely to the wood under the bark. Root 

 grafting, which is seldom practised upon fruit trees, 

 is sometimes resorted to when stocks are scarce ; 



