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as shown in fig. 11 may be inserted, and if both grow, 

 one can be cut away. In stocks of less size, one cion 

 will be sufficient, and the top of the stock will be cut off 

 with an upward slope as shown in fig. 11, a. After the 

 cions are inserted, the entire exposed surface of the wood 

 should be covered with grafting wax or waxea cloth. 



Crown Grafting. — This is but a mere modification of 

 the cleft craft, but instead of splitting the stock to re- 

 ceive the cion, the latter is sloped off thinly on one side 



Fig. 12. — CROWN GRAFTING. 



and slipped under the bark, as is done in budding, a slit 

 having first been made in the bark of the proper length. 

 This form of grafting is usually performed a little later 

 in the season than the last, in order that the bark may 

 be separated from the wood of the stock. The cions 

 used are cut earlier in the season, and kept dormant in 

 some cool place until wanted for use. Another form of 

 crown grafting is shown in fig. 12, the cion is cut 

 about half-way through as shown, and the wood removed, 

 leaving a square shoulder at top and opposite to a good 

 bud. From the stock d, d, d, d, the bark is removed to 

 admit the cion, and one to four cions as shown, are 



