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Dauty's graft is similar, but in this case the graft is made 

 with a 'bent secateur S (Fig. 57), which makes a kind of 

 notch, and the cleft at the same time. 



Cadillac's graft only differs from 

 the two above-mentioned in its cleft, 

 which is made slanting instead of 

 vertical, without previously making 

 a notch. The stock c (Fig. 58) is 

 cut on the side at b about an inch 

 above the level of the soil ; the 

 scion a, cut wedge shape, is inserted 

 in this cleft with the usual precau- 

 tions ; the joint is bound with raffia 

 so as to prevent the scion from being 

 displaced. One bud only is left on 

 the scion so as to prevent the joint 

 from splitting under the weight of 

 long snoots. Finally, the soil is 

 mounded round the joint to prevent 

 it from drying. 



Grafting tools have been invented 

 to render this operation easier. The 

 first is a kind of forceps with flat 

 jaws (Fig. 59). A long opening, 

 d 0, is made in one of the jaws, to 

 allow the passage of a triangular 

 blade of a special knife (Fig. 60). 

 The cane b c is kept in position by 

 the pressure of the jaws and two 

 small pins, d and e ; the cleft is 

 made very neatly by sliding the 

 blade of the knife into the opening. 

 Other methods of grafting or bud- 

 ding, such as the graft by approach, 

 the end to end graft, have been 

 recommended, but very soon discarded on account of the 

 small percentage of strikes.* 



(e) Cutting Graft. This system is only used in very 

 special cases when the graft has to be liberated after the 

 knitting. The stump in this case is only used to temporarily 

 feed the scion which grows independently when it has thrown 



Fig-. 56 Gaillard graft. 



* A. Champin : Traile, theorique et pratique du greffaye, 

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