BUDDING WITH OR WITHOUT SAP-WOOD. 



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the operator and the section c e (Fig. 64) made, the first 

 finger pressing under the bud in g to hold the scion. It is 

 easily seen in this .second cut that it is the point in c which 

 will bear the split wood. Finally, if the grafting-knife had 

 a tendency to come out too far from the bud, a third section 

 f e would be made, leaving the scion neatly cut without any 

 bruised edges. 



One must be careful to make the second cut c e, very 

 flat, which is easy, as the first cut has been made concave. 



It is easier to start excising the bud from the base of the 

 cane. 



We must notice that the scion-bud, excised with a plane 

 section, has to fit on a convex surface ; it will fit better 

 if we take these buds from small canes, and particularly 

 from axillary shoots. In this way the plane section will 

 be narrower, and will fit better on the cylindrical surface. 



As this graft is generally 

 made on old stocks it will 

 always be easier to find on the 

 latter, the least convex sur- 

 face, upon which the bud is 

 placed under more favorable 

 conditions. 



If required, we may par- 

 tially scoop out the scion, to 

 render its internal surface con- 

 cave, and therefore the contact 

 of the stock more complete, 

 and the knitting easier. 



It is preferable to take the 

 eyes from canes of very small 

 diameter, although this is a 

 slight complication. 



The bud being inserted on the stock a strong ligature is 

 made with raffia. 



It is important to gather the scion-bearing canes before 

 the cold season, to select them well lignified and preserve 

 them in dry sand up to the time of grafting, that is to say, 

 May, or the beginning of June.* 



Another very important fact which must not be neg- 

 lected is, to take only the buds which do not bear any 



Fig. 65. Scion 

 with Flat Sec- 

 tion. 



the Bud 



ofexci 



November or December in Victoria. 



