AGRICULTURE 



piece of twig about one year old and bearing two or three 



buds. The stock may be a young piece of root, a young or 

 an old branch. Grafting is generally done 

 in the late winter or very early in spring, 

 while the plant is resting. 



In Figure 3 1 is shown one way of cut- 

 ting the cions and the stocks in grafting 

 apple cions on small branches or small 

 pieces of apple root. Your knife must 

 be sharp and thin, so as not to split the 

 cion or stock in making the slit. After 

 cutting the two pieces as shown in the 

 figure, place their 

 ends together, mak- 

 ing the two slender 

 tongues lock. The 

 important point is to 

 make sure that on 

 one side the bark of 



the two pieces comes together evenly. 



The union is caused by the layer 



just under the bark of the cion 



growing against the similar layer 



in the stock. These growing layers 



must touch on at least one side of the FlG . 32 ._ SHOWING HOW 



graft. In setting in the ground cions LARGE BRANCHES AR 



L . , r i GRAFTED 



that have been grafted on roots, the 

 joint or union is placed below the surface of the ground. 

 Grafting on large branches. When a small cion is 

 grafted on a branch that is one or two inches through, the 



FIG. 31. WHIP- 

 GRAFTING 



Showing how small 

 stocks are grafted. 



