HOW PLANTS ARE PROPAGATED 



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limb is cut off square, then 

 slightly split (Fig. 32). In 

 this slit is placed the sharpened 

 cion, which is now cut tapering 

 from both sides. The bark of 

 the young cion must join 

 evenly with the bark on one 

 side of the large split limb. 

 To make sure that the two 

 barks are pressed together 

 tightly, the wedge part of the 

 cion is left a little thicker on 

 the outside, that is, on the edge 



that is going to join the bark FIG. 33. AN APPLE TREE, THE 



of the large branch. In all Top OF WHICH SAS BEEN * 



NEWED BY GRAFTING 

 kinds of grafts, drying must 



be prevented by covering the cut portions with grafting 



wax. Generally, a graft 

 on a small stock is tied 

 with a cloth string and 

 then waxed. Fig. 33 

 shows a new top made 

 by grafting. 



Budding. Budding 

 consists in inserting a 

 single bud, with a tiny 

 strip of attached bark, 

 just under the bark of a 



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FIG. 34. BUDDING 

 a, showing the slit; b, b, the bud; 



the 



snowing the slit; 0, b. the bud; c. the * . <-m_ r j 



j . , growing shoot. The bud 



slit opened; d, the bud in position, and 



e, after tying. should be Cut OUt with a 



