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and the wood. In order to insure this contact, it 

 is advisable to set the scion at a slight angle across 

 the growth layer in the stock. 



Another method often employed is known as the 

 side graft. In this case the cleft is made on the 

 side of a limb and the scion inserted there instead 



STYLES OF GRAFTING 



A, Shears; B, Grafter's Tray; C, Grafting Wedge; D, Cleft 

 Grafting; E, Side Grafting; F, Saving Girdled Tree; G, Whip 

 Grafting. 



of at the end, the limb being sawed off after the 

 scion has made a union. Still another method em- 

 ployed with small-sized trees, twigs and branches 

 is known as the whip. Both scion and stock are 

 cut diagonally across, then split down the center a 

 short distance and then the tongue of one is made 

 to fit into the cleft of the other. Finally the graft 



