THE WALNUT 



Bark-Grafting 



The bark graft is but a method of budding a 

 scion. It is sometimes inserted on the side of the 

 stock and sometimes at the top where cut off. Cut 

 the scion the lower part in form of a right angle so 

 it -will shoulder on the wood of the stock. Make 

 the part to be inserted under the bark very thin, 

 taking off nearly all of the wood; then trim the 

 edge of the scion, taking off part of the bark in a 

 slanting cut from the ed?e of both sides to the cam- 

 bium line. Slit the bark and lift it gently from the 

 stock. Insert the scion, forcing it down firmly upon 

 the wood stock. 



Sometimes the bark is corrugated and by using 

 a small wedge it can be lifted out from the stock 

 without splitting. The scion is inserted as before. 

 This way makes a better union and the growing 

 graft is not so easily blown out after the bandage 

 is removed. 



Side Graft 



The side graft is not so difficult to insert. Using 

 a small chisel cut thru the bark into the wood at an 

 angle of seventy-five or eighty degrees. Study the 

 cambium and shape the scion to make as much as 



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