I 3 2 THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



The scion, k, has a shoulder, /, formed in cutting it, made to fit on the top of the stock. 

 A hardwood wedge, shaped like the scion but one-third less, may be used for raising 

 the bark, inserting it at the top of the stock in the centre of the cut between the bark 

 and wood, pushing it down about half an inch less than the cut part of the scion. In the 

 opening so made the graft is easily inserted, keeping the slanting cut next the wood of 

 the stock, and pushing it gently down so that the shoulder rests on the top of the stock. 

 One or two more scions may be similarly inserted. 



In improved crown-grafting, the top of the stock is cut off obliquely as in whip- 

 grafting, and a slit cut down through the bark a little to the right of the lowest part 

 of the slanting top ; then with the ivory handle of a budding knife the bark is parted 

 from the wood on the right side of the slit : if the proper season has been chosen the 

 bark rises freely. The scion, prepared as before, has a very thin slice taken off the edge, 

 m (Fig. 22), which will go against the undisturbed side of the bark of the stock, and when 

 the scion is slipped down under the raised portion of the bark this cut meets the cross-cut, 

 n. Then introduce the lower part of the scion between the bark and wood, push it down 

 so that the raw edge, m, is in contact with the side of the unraised bark, and the 

 slanting faces are brought in contact. It is claimed for this mode that the parts of 

 contact between the two portions of bark are increased, accelerating the union, and 

 the crown of the stock is sooner covered over with bark. Two, three or more grafts 

 can be inserted in the bark of each stem. Whether this or common crown-grafting 

 is practised bind up well, but not too tightly, and cover the wounds with wax or 

 grafting- clay. If the latter, bring it over the top of the stock, but keeping clear of 

 the scion buds, o, as shown in the right-hand corner on the opposite page. 



In notch-grafting, H, the scion, j, is formed by cutting two slips off two sides, 

 meeting at the back, or opposite the side on which the lowest bud of the scion is 

 situated, where the bark is left intact, g, to the extent of one-third the circumference 

 at the place where the scion meets the top of the stock, the lower part thinned to a 

 point, and the cut part 2 to 3 inches long according to the size of the scion. 

 These cuts leave a feather-edge of wood at the back, and are so made as to form a 

 shoulder, r, at the top as a rest for the scion when placed on the stock ; a section of 

 the scion at the shoulder when cut is shown in s. In cutting the triangular notch 

 in the stock, place the uncut surface of the scion against the part where it is to be 

 inserted, tracing its outline in pencil on the bark of the stock ; then cut a notch, tf, in 

 the stock corresponding to the cut part of the scion to receive it. Insert the triangular 



