GRAFTING BY APPROACH OR INARCHING. 



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saddle-grafting, as exemplified in figs. 221 to 223. The stock is cut off in 

 the form of a wedge, as in fig. 227, and the scion is cut upwards, half-way 

 through, for a sufficient length, as in fig. 228 ; then the scion is placed upon 

 the stock as in fig. 229, and bound on with bast and clay as usual, a ring of 



Fig. 228. A scion prepared 

 for saddle-inarching. 



Fig. 229. A scion and stock united in 

 the manner of saddle-inarching. 



Fig. 227. A stock pre- 

 pared for saddle - 

 inarching. 



bark being taken off between the graft and the root, as in fig. 229, m, which 

 causes the returning sap to flow through the graft into the 

 stock n instead of into its own root, o. This mode is 

 recommended for grafting whenever the stock and the scion 

 are of the same size, or very nearly so ; but when the 

 stock is twice the size of the scion, the following modifica- 

 ^ ~ ^& tion of it is preferable : the top of the stock is cut off 

 slanting from one side only, as in fig. 230 ; then a long 

 tongue is made to the scion, about one-third of its thick- 

 ness, as in fig. 231, and as much of the bark and wood 

 is cut from the back and front of the stock as will corre- 

 spond with the width of the tongue on the scion ; when the 

 when it is twice the stock is ready to receive the graft, it will appear like fig. 

 size of the scion. 32, q : there is also a piece cut off the bark of the stock 

 at r, fig. 232, but it is not seen in the figure. Then the scion is placed 

 across the middle of the stock, 

 as in fig. 233, and bound with 

 bast-mat and clay as usual ; 

 after which a ring of bark is 

 taken off at s, in fig. 233, in 

 the same manner as directed 

 for fig. 229. 



673. Inarching with partially- 

 nourished scions appears, at 

 first sight, to belong to the pre- 

 ceding section, but it is placed 

 here because the scion has an 

 auxiliary support from moist 

 soil or water, till it adheres to 

 the stock. This mode is appli- 

 . cable either to the side or crown Fig " * 32 ' / stock P re ' 



Fig. 231. A scion prepared for pared for inarching 



inarching when it is only half manner ot inarching, and it Ollly when it is twice the size 



the size of the stock. differs from them in the in- of the scion, 



ferior end of the scion being inserted in a vessel of water, as in figs. 234 



