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graft is tied in the same manner as the splice or the tongue 

 graft. Occasionally the joint is waxed over. The saddle 

 graft is employed principally when a terminal bud is used. 



FIG. 44. An excellent grafting chisel, showing the first position in the cleft 



graft. 



Cleft Graft. Cleft grafting is preeminently the form of 

 grafting that is the most popular in the top working of trees. 

 It can be successfully used on limbs up to about two inches 

 in diameter, but it is not considered valuable for use on larger 



FIG. 45. The second position of the grafting chisel in the cleft graft. 



limbs. When the cion is placed in larger limbs the pressure 

 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 



