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After the parts have been forced together, tie them with 

 waxed string, then coat with grafting wax. 



2. Grafting Seedlings not in the Nursery. Root 

 Grafting. This is the prevailing Eastern method and is 

 not so much in use in California except for root grafts on 

 Northern Spy apple stock. Cut the scion with about three 

 buds as before and cut the stock about as long as the scion. 

 If the roots are to be used cut them into lengths of about 

 five or six inches. 



The stock and scions are obtained in the fall or in 

 December and stored until February or March, when 

 grafting can be done. They may be packed away in moss, 

 sawdust, or in sand or healed in, in the usual way. (See 

 Ex. 56.) In the spring when setting out in the nursery, set 

 the root graft just below the surface of the ground and 

 the seedling graft just above the surface. 



Cleft Grafting. This style of graft is particularly 

 adapted to large trees when for any reason it becomes 

 necessary to change the variety. Branches too large to 

 be worked by other methods can be cleft grafted. Saw off 

 a branch to be grafted, being careful not to loosen the bark 

 from the portion of the 

 stub. Split the exposed 

 end with a broad, thin 

 chisel or grafting tool 

 or hatchet, (fig. 5). 

 Then with the wedge- 

 shaped prong at the end 

 of the grafting tool or 

 with a hatchet or even 

 a screw driver, spread 

 the cleft so that the 

 scions (fig. 6, a) may be 

 inserted (fig. 6, b.) The 

 scion should be of the 

 previous season's 

 growth and should be long enough to have two or three 



FIG. 5. Grafting tool. 



