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GRAFTING WITH FRUIT BUDS. 



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Terminal Cleft Grafting. This mode is found useful with the 

 Walnut, and trees that are coniferous. It should be performed in the 

 spring when the sap is rising. The top of the stock is split as repre- 

 sented in the illustration, and the scion with its terminal bud inserted, 

 or, if necessary, the terminal bud is removed and another leading one is 

 left. 



Grafting with Fruit Buds. European fruit growers often adopt the 

 practice of grafting branches bearing fruit buds upon others that are not 

 fully supplied. These branches may 

 be either from one portion to 

 another of the same tree, or they 

 may be taken from other plants of the 

 same family. This method will often 

 be found useful in practice, as it is 

 a common thing for some trees to 

 have a superabundance of fruit buds, 

 while others have but few. The 

 operation is performed as in side 

 grafting. 



Season for Grafting. The proper 

 time for grafting deciduous trees is 

 in the latter part of the winter, or 

 early in the spring, just before active 

 growth commences. As a matter of 

 course, the precise time will vary to 

 some extent according to the climate 

 and other local conditions. Some 

 kinds of fruits also begin to make 

 growth before others, and the earlier 

 they are the sooner should they be 

 grafted, as a rule. The Grape, how- 

 ever, is an exception to this rule, and 

 generally takes best when grafted 

 after growth is in full activity. 

 When grafted earlier the plants 

 bleed too freely, and a union is less 

 certain. Oranges and other ever- 

 greens should be grafted a month or 

 six weeks later than deciduous trees. 

 Evergreens may also be grafted suc- 

 cessfully late in the summer or early 

 in the autumn, when a fresh growth 

 of wood usually commences. It has 

 been found by experience that in the 

 case of deciduous trees the success 

 of grafting is more certain when 

 the growth of the stocks is a little 

 in advance of the scions, and the 

 circulation of sap more active. In Grafting with a fruiting spur. 



Grafting with scions bearing 

 fruit buds. 



