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The Saddle and Camuset grafts (Fig. 55) are the reverse 

 of the cleft graft. These grafts are difficult of execution, 

 and do not form such good unions as the cleft graft. 



Fig. 54. Champin graft : (a) on cutting Fig. 55. (a) Saddle graft ; (b) Camuset 



(6) on rootling. graft. 



(d) Side Cleft Graft. Several methods of side clefts 

 have been recommended ; they do not differ much from one 

 another. The most used are those due to Gaillard, Brignais, 

 Dauty, of Montpellier, and Constant Ballan, of Omey, also 

 known under the name of Cadillac graft. 



These methods consist in placing the scion in a cleft made 

 on the side of the trunk, the head of the stump being re- 

 tained. According to their promoters, they possess the fol- 

 lowing advantages : By preserving the head of the stock a 

 better vegetation is secured while the knitting takes place; in 

 case a graft misses it renders further grafting possible, this 

 being impossible with beheaded stocks, and it preserves the 

 crop of the stock until the scion is capable of yielding fruit. 



Gaillard's graft is performed in the following manner : 

 Level or slightly above the soil a horizontal and shallow cut 

 is made with a saw (Fig. 56 B), a chip of wood is detached 

 from the top by means of a chisel held slantingly. On the 

 horizontal section thus exposed a cleft is made parallel to 

 the axis of the trunk, in which two scions are inserted (Fig. 

 56 , f ). The joint is then strongly bound. 



