PROPAGATING APPLE-TREES. 



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ing is shown, which will require no 

 explanation, as the illustrations show 

 how the fitting of cion and stock is 

 done. Fig. 22, below, represents the 

 manner of saddle-grafting stocks that 

 are larger than the cions. The butt- 

 end of each cion is split, shaved, and 

 made to fit neatly to the stock, as 

 shown. In some places, one piece is 

 held down to the stock by means of 

 small nails, or upholsterers' trimming- 

 tacks. This latter style of grafting is 

 practised but little; and it is repre- 

 sented here more for the novelty than 

 for its utility. One great advantage 



Fig. 21. 



Saddle-grafting small 

 stocks. 



Fig. 22. 



Saddle-grafting large stocks. 



of setting grafts like Fig. 

 21, is, no bandage will be 

 required to hold the cion 

 on the stock. Good wax 

 is all that will be nec- 

 essary. When stocks 

 are grafted where they 

 sprang from the seed, and 

 where the apple-trees are 

 to grow, if the cions are 

 fitted neatly, like Fig. 21, 

 they seldom fail to grow 

 rapidly. 



At Fig. 23, represent- 

 ed on the following page, 

 the tops of two small 

 trees are brought togeth- 

 er, and the side of each 

 one shaved off true, so as 



