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Cadillac Graft. Cazeaux-Cazalet, who promoted this 

 method, describes it as follows : ' The stump is not decapi- 

 tated. Its growth is not interrupted, and it remains healthy 

 the following spring, much more so than if it had been cut 

 down, and may be grafted again, if the graft has missed,. 

 with the same chance of success as if it had not been grafted 

 at all. An Eng- 

 lish cleft or whip- 

 tongue graft is 

 made laterally. 

 Here are a few 

 details with regard 

 to the method of 

 execution 



" First remove 

 the soil and form 

 a little basin round 

 the stump. Then 

 a cleft is made 

 laterally from top 

 to bottom, 3 or 4 

 inches above the 

 level of the ground, 

 a straight section 

 is made descending 

 obliquely towards 

 the pith (Figs. 126 

 to 128) ; this cleft 

 must be made with 

 a thin-bladed knife, 

 commencing at a 

 (Fig. 126), hori- 

 zontally (sharp 

 edge downwards) 

 proceeding down- 

 wards and com- 

 municating to the 



blade a Slow Saw- Cadilffc GrafMa/Stock. 



(6) Scion - 



Figs. 128 and 129. 

 Cadillac Graft, (a) Stock 

 (b) Scion. 



like movement to- 

 wards b ; the section should be 1 1 / 2 inches in depth ; the 

 scion is cut like that of an ordinary cleft-graft (Fig. 128), 

 and introduced in place of the knife. The scion should be 

 chosen of such a size that the liber of stock and scion be 



