142 THE NURSERY AND THE ORCHARD. 



taken from the well matured wood of last summer's 

 growth, about the size of a lead pencil, containing only 

 one bud, unless the wood is verj- short-jointed, in which 

 case two buds are allowed. Very small stocks can be 

 whip-grafted like apple trees. Large stocks are some- 

 times grafted in the manner shown in fig. 104. 



A thin wedge is taken out with a very sharp knife and 

 the scion cut so as to make a perfect fit. It is then se- 

 curely bound and covered as directed for ordinary clelt 

 grafting. The cleft is sometimes made in very large and 

 twisted stocks with an open saw. The slit is made about 

 two inches deep, and the scion is cut to fit exactly, leav- 

 ing shoulders resting on each side of the stock, as shown. 



in jig. 105. Persons desiring to try their skill in grape- 

 grafting, and not caring to risk the entire vine, can do 

 so by grafting the end of a layered cane {fig. 106), cover- 

 ing the point of union the same as in grafting the entire 

 stock. Saddle grafting is represented in the figure. In 

 the latter part of summer, the layered cane can be sepa- 

 rated from the parent and transplanted in the fall. 

 Grafting the grape above ground is not so successful. If 



