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AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



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There are many ways in which you may join your chosen 

 shoot or twig upon your young tree, but perhaps the best 

 one for you to use is known as tongue 

 grafting. This is illustrated in Fig. 64. 

 The upper part, b, which is the shoot 

 or twig that you cut from the tree, is 

 known as the scion ; the lower part, <?, 

 which is your original tree, is called 

 the stock. 



Cut your scion and stock as shown 

 in Fig. 64. Join the cut end of the 

 scion to the cut end of the stock. 

 When you join them, notice that under 

 the bark of each there is a thin layer 

 of soft, juicy tissue. This is called the 

 cambium. To make 

 a successful graft, 

 the cambium in the 



scion must exactly join the cambium in 

 the stock. Be careful, then, to see that 

 cambium meets cambium. You now see 

 why grafting can be more successfully 

 done if you select a scion and stock of 

 nearly the same size. 



After fitting the parts closely together, 

 bind them with cotton yarn (see Fig. 65) FIG. 66 



that has been coated with grafting wax. TO make a root graft cut 

 This wax is made of equal parts of tal- alongtl 

 low, beeswax, and linseed oil. Smear the wax thoroughly 

 over the whole joint, and make sure that it is completely 

 air tight. 



FIG. 65 

 A COMPLETED GRAFT 



Showing scion and stock 

 from which it was made 



