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PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING. 



the front, and a small shaving taken off the back 

 to make the end wedge shaped, c is the branch, 

 or a small tree, shortened, and cut for receiving the 

 scion, which is placed in position for growing. 

 With a sharp knife, thoughtfully guided, the work 

 is easy. That is called splice-grafting, and care 

 must be taken that the inner bark on one side, at 

 least, of the stock and scion are brought exactly 

 together. 



In dealing with large 

 branches, crown-grafting 

 is the simplest plan to 

 adopt, and it can be made 

 plain in a few words. 

 Given a stock, fig. 37, 

 headed down (B), three 

 scions, c, c'. c", are inserted. 

 They are cut as shown and 

 slipped down between the 

 bark and the wood, slits 

 being made for their inser- 

 tion at D, and tied ; then the crown of the stem, also 

 the ligatures, are well covered with wax or clay ; 

 this applies to both forms of grafting. 



Grafting- Wax. There are different methods 

 of preparing grafting- wax. The two following are 

 simple and good : 1. To be used warm. Eesin, 8 



Fig. 37. 



CROWN GrEAFTING. 



