CLEFT GRATING 



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two good buds and be three or four inches long. The lower 

 end is cut to a wedge shape, making the slope the same 

 length as the depth of the cleft in the stock. The cleft 



Stock 



Cion Cion Inserted 



FIG. 45. Cleft Grafting. 



Wax Applied 



is then pried open with the splitter, previously mentioned, 

 and the cion inserted, being careful to have the cambium 

 layers of the two pieces closely united. If the inner edge 

 of the cion is made slightly thinner than the outer the 



