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GRAFTING OPERATIONS 



left hand with the thumb extending toward the top. The 

 knife is then drawn upward making a smooth, even, slop- 

 ing cut d. This should be perfectly straight with the cut 



FIG. 39. Whip Graft. A, Cion; B, Stock; C, Union. 



surface about one inch and a quarter long. Then revers- 

 ing the knife, about one quarter of an inch above the center 

 of this cut, a slit or tongue e is made downward. This 

 tongue should not be made straight with the grain but 

 cut slightly across, partially parallel with the face d. The 



