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MANUAL OF GENEEAL AGEICULTUEK 



well adapted to small plants only one or two years old. 

 Also it may be used on seedlings standing in the nursery 

 or on seedlings or roots dug up and the work done on a 

 bench. 



1. Grafting Seedlings in the Nursery. The stock is 

 the plant or part of it upon which the bud or scion is in- 

 serted, in this case the seedling trees. Make the graft by 

 cutting the stock off di- 

 agonally just above the 

 ground. Make one long 

 smooth cut with a sharp 

 knife, leaving about 

 three-fourths of an inch 

 of cut surface as shown 

 in figure 4, a. Place 

 the knife about one- 

 third of the distance 

 from the end of the cut 

 surface, at right, angles 

 to the cut, and split the 

 stock in the direction of 

 its long axis. Cut the 

 scion with about three 

 buds, then cut the lower 

 end as shown in figure 

 4, b, so that when the 

 stock and scion are 

 forced together as 

 shown in figure 4, c, the cut surface will fit neatly together 

 and one will nearly cover the other if the stock and scion 

 are of the same size. The importance of having an inti- 

 mate connection between the growing tissues (the cam- 

 bium layers) of both stock and scion, cannot be too 

 strongly emphasized, for upon this the success of grafting 

 depends. A difference in diameter of the two parts to be 

 united may be adjusted by placing the scion so that the 

 cambium layers meet on one side only, but it is desirable 

 to have stock and scion nearly the same size if possible. 



FIG. 4. Whip grafting ; a, the stock; 

 b, the scion; c, stock and scion united. 



