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farmer has a tree that bears poor apples, and he wishes 

 it to bear good apples, he can graft the tree over. To do 

 this, he cuts a few young twigs from some tree that bears 

 choice apples, and grafts them into his tree, and, if his 

 work succeeds, his tree will bear the choice apples in about 

 three years. The tree to be grafted over is called the 

 stock and the twigs to be grafted into the stock are called 

 dons. 



Cutting Cions. The cions are best cut late in fall or 

 early in spring from firm wood that grew the summer be- 

 fore. Sometimes they are not cut 

 until they are needed for grafting. 

 If cut early, they should be kept, 

 until warm spring weather, packed 

 in a box with plenty of rather dry 

 leaves, in a cool, somewhat damp, 

 cellar. The leaves should be 

 weighted down, to keep them close 

 to the cions. If the main limbs of 

 the tree to be grafted over are half an 

 inch or more thick, it is better to 

 use the cleft graft,- other- 

 wise, the whip graft is 

 better. 



Cleft Grafting. - To 

 make the cleft graft, saw 



FIG. 39. ~ , 



- c i o n oft about five of the mam 



ready for 



fng l graft " limbs tnat reach in dif- 

 ferent directions, at a 

 place, if possible, where they are from one to two inches 

 in diameter. Then place a sharp hatchet or wide chisel 

 G. & M. Ag. 6. 



FIG. 40. 

 Cions iu cleft. 



FIG. 41. Position of cions. 



