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unite. This growing tissue, or cambium layer, is just inside 

 the inner bark. Before grafting, the tops of the seedlings 

 should be removed, as the roots only are to be used. Thor- 

 oughly wash the roots, — this is very essential, in order to 

 keep the knife sharp, — cut them into pieces 5 or 6 inches 

 long; each piece more than Yg inch thick will make a root 

 graft. 



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TONGUE-GRAFTING 



Whip Grafting. 

 For plain whip grafting make long slanting cuts on the 

 upper end of the root and the lower end of the scion, so that 

 they just match each other. Place them so that the cambium 

 layer of the stock and scion coincide, and bind firmly with 

 grafting cloth cut in strips about Yk inch wide. Begin wind- 

 ing well below the union, and continue spirally up over the 

 union. The scions should not be over 4 inches long. This 

 method is used on brittle woods, as raspberries and black- 

 berries, as well as on apple and pear seedlings. 



