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GENERAL PKIXCIPLES. 



A 



hastens and facilitates the emission of roots ; the outer 

 edge should also be somewhat thicker than the inner. A 

 sloping cut (Ay fig. 77) is then made on the stock, an inch 

 and a half long ; another cut (.#) is made across this cut, 

 about half way down, as at point JB/ the stock is split on 



one side of the pith 

 by laying the chisel 

 on the horizontal 

 surface, and strik- 

 ing lightly with a 

 mallet ; the split is 

 kept open with the 

 knife or chisel until 

 the cion is insert- 

 ed, with the thick 

 side out (A, fig. 

 78). Grafts of this 

 kind heal much 

 more rapidly than 

 when cut at once 

 horizontally. Very 

 large branches are 

 sawed horizontally 

 oif at the point to 

 be grafted (A, fig. 

 79) ; the surface is 

 then pared smooth 



FigS. 76 tO 78. CLEFT GRAFTING. ^fa ^ knife, B, 



Fig. 76, cion, with sloping cut on east side, like a gpHt is made with 

 wedge; A, bud at the shoulder ; 5, section showing , . . 



shape of wedge. Fig. 77, the stock cut and split ; A, * ne chisel, nearly in 

 the sloping cut; B, horizontal cut. Fig. 78, the cion the Center, and tWO 

 inserted in the stock. j vi 



wedge-like cions in- 

 serted (A, B, fig. 80) ; if both grow, and they are after- 

 wards too close, one can be cut away. Another mode of 

 grafting such large stocks, or branches, is to cut them off 

 horizontally, as above, and pare them smooth with tjie 



