80 THE NURSERY AND THE ORCHARD. 



bark of the two will be together. The scions are sometimes 

 set at a slight angle (fig. 23) so that the edges will be cer- 

 tain to meet at least in one point. Two scions may be 

 put in large stocks. If both grow, one is cut away when 

 a few inches high. It is a good plan to cut the scions so 

 as to leave a bud on the wedge part, (fig. 20) as a point 

 of union between the inner bark of the two parts is al- 

 most certain to be found in the peculiar curve at the bud. 

 The dirt is then raked back carefully up to the top bud 

 of the scion. This covering must not be so narrow and 

 pointed that the dirt in settling will leave the stock ex- 

 posed. If the stocks are split in the direction that the 

 rows run, there will not be so much danger of the scions 

 getting dislocated by clods of dirt in cultivating. The 

 work is now completed, and if successful, leaves will 

 soon appear on the scion. All shoots except the one 

 which is to be trained up for the future tree, must be kept 

 rubbed off from both stock and scion, being careful not to 

 move the scion from its position. If well cultivated, the 

 trees will usually be la^ge enough to plant in the orchard 

 at the end of the first or second year after grafting. 



For cleft grafting above ground, see Grafting New Heads 

 on Old Trees. 



Very small scions are generally whip-grafted. Pieces 

 of roots are often used as stocks, but they are not so good 

 as whole roots. 



