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in all respects to that made on the stock ; a slit, or 

 tongue, is made in it upwards, B, corresponding, also, 

 with that on the stock ; and they are then neatly fitted 

 together, the tongue of the one within the other (fig. 

 75), and the inner barks of both placed in close and 

 perfect contact, at least on one side. The fit should 

 be so complete as to sit close and firm in all parts. 

 The person who applies the wax takes a narrow strip 

 of the cloth or paper described, and wraps it firmly 

 around, covering the parts united. A man and boy can 

 graft of these, twelve to fifteen hundred per day, and by 

 a special effort, two thousand. When the grafting is thus 

 performed, the grafted plants are put away as closely as 

 they can be packed in small boxes, with sandy earth 

 among the roots, and deposited either in a cold cellar or 

 in a dry place out of doors, where frost cannot penetrate 

 to the roots, until planting time in spring. 



Whip- Grafting on small trees, standing in the open 

 ground, is performed in precisely the same manner, the 

 oblique or sloping cut and tongue, corresponding in stock 

 and graft, fitting into each other with precision, and the 

 inner bark of both, at least on one side, placed in close 

 contact. Stocks an inch in diameter can be grafted in this 

 way. Either the cloth or the liquid composition may be 

 applied, the latter put on with a brush. For all moderate 

 sized stocks the cloth is preferable. In cold weather, a 

 small furnace can be kept at hand to keep the composi- 

 tion in working order. 



Cleft Grafting is practiced on trees or branches too 

 large for whip grafting say from an inch in diameter up- 

 wards. In this case, the cion is cut precisely in the form 

 of a wedge (fig. 76). The part cut for insertion in the 

 stock should be about an inch or an inch and a half long, 

 with a bud (A] at the shoulder, where it is to rest on the 

 stock ; this bud hastens the union of the parts in the same 

 way as a bud at the base of a cutting, set in the earth, 



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