GRAFTAGE 



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This method has been widely used in saving mutilated fruit trees 

 in France. 



Fig. 60. Saddle Grafting. 

 A, Seedling Rhododendron. B, Stock. C, Cion. D, Completed Graft. 



"Throughout the entire district devastated by the Germans there 

 were thousands of trees from the trunks of which the Germans had cut 

 off a circle of bark. A few days' exposure of the girdled space to the sun 

 would be sufficient to kill Peach, Plum, Apple, Apricot, and Cherry trees. 



"So great was the number of trees that had to be dressed in this way 

 that the entire available supply of grafting preparation was quickly 

 exhausted. Tar was then used as a substi- 

 tute, and, finally loamy clay."* 



CROWN GRAFTING 



The crown graft is a slight 

 modification of the cleft graft. 

 In this case the stock is not 

 split, but the cions are cut in 

 various shapes and fitted into 

 cuts in the stock. The cions 

 may be tapered as in the cleft 

 graft or they may be cut off 

 straight at the base as in fig. 62. 

 Another kind of crown graft is 

 made by removing triangular 

 chips from the stock and using 

 a cion to fit. A special inlay- 

 ing tool is used for the pur- 

 pose. (See fig. 63.) Crown 

 grafting is used extensively 

 upon very large trees which have been cut down. Many cions 

 may be inserted. They must be tied and waxed in place. 

 To prevent transpiration it is best to cover the whole stump with 

 wax paper. The unions will not be very strong and some support 



* Wood, Henry. From an article reported in the Literary Digest from the Westminster 

 Gazette (London). 



Fig. 61. Bridge grafting. Note how 



the cions are cut to fit into v-shaped 



incisions in the bark (See page 116) 



