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PLANT PROPAGATION 



advantage of having two cions is that the healing will be 

 quicker. Should both grow, the weaker or poorer placed 

 should be cut off cleanly the following spring. 



In making cions the lowest bud should be just above, 

 almost between, the cuts that form the wedge. When 

 placed in the stock this bud should point outward, and 

 when the wax is applied should be covered completely. 

 As the sprout grows it will push through the wax. 



For outdoor grafting of this kind, cion wood, always of 



FIG. 195 SIDE AND TERMINAL GRAFTS 



A, side graft of herbaceous . plant complete; a, cion; b, stock enlarged; B, 

 terminal graft complete; c, cion; d stock. 



only one season's growth, should be cut while the trees 

 are fully dormant and stored in an ice house or in some 

 other cold place to keep the buds from swelling. The 

 operation is best performed just when the trees are break- 

 ing into leaf. If the twigs are long and the lower buds 

 poorly developed, these should be discarded Because 

 cleft grafting is a rigorous operation, preference, wher- 

 ever possible, should be given to stocks of one-half to one 



