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BUDDING AND GRAFTING 



of the two parts of the stock is so great that the cion is crushed. 

 To make a cleft graft the limb is selected and sawed off 

 squarely. It is then carefully split with a grafting chisel. 

 If no grafting chisel is available, fairly satisfactory work can 

 be done with a wood chisel 

 of the proper size. In cut- 

 ting the stock select a place 

 free from knots, because a 

 clean straight cut will not 

 result if the chisel strikes a 

 knot in the wood. 



The remaining portion of 

 the limb after the toy is cut 

 off is called the "stub." The 

 stub is usually large enough 



Fig. 45.— The cleft graft with the 

 cions in position. 



Fig. 46. — The bark graft with the cions 

 in position and the stub waxed. 



to accommodate two cions. Occasionally under certain cir- 

 cumstances, four cions are placed in a stub, but this is the 

 exception rather than the rule. 



