CHAPTER V 

 GRAFTING OPERATIONS 



THE work of grafting is normally divided into two 

 parts. Those grafts which are used by nurserymen in 

 their regular work of propagation and those used mostly 

 by orchardmen in connection with their practices of pro- 

 duction. Of the many types of grafts in common prac- 

 tice the larger number are adapted to the use of the or- 

 chardist rather than to the nurseryman. As a matter of 

 fact most nurserymen prefer to bud wherever possible 

 as the cost is considerably less. 



Grafting Tools. For the various operations of graft- 

 ing the tools necessary are a good strong knife, a hand- 

 pruning shears, a saw, a waxing pot and brush and some 

 material for tying up the union. In working over large 

 trees a chisel, a mallet and a two-handled pruning shears 

 should be added to the list. The best knife for the work 

 would be one with a thin blade, made 

 of good steel with the sides of the blade 

 straight as it is impossible to make a 

 straight cut with a blade having either 

 concave or convex sides. This fact can 

 be better illustrated from the following 

 diagrams: 



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