GRAFTING FEUIT TREKS 



cut end of the stock and wrap with raffia or waxed 

 cord. When you join them, notice that under the bark 

 of each is a thin layer of soft, juicy tissue. This is 

 called the cambium. To make a successful graft, the 



FIG. 63. WHIP GRAFTING 

 a, Scion ; b, stock ; c, united ; d, tied. 



cambium in the scion must exactly join the cambium in 

 the stock. 



g. The Cleft Graft 



For the grafting of larger scions or for the grafting 

 of scions of various kinds of apple trees upon the 

 branches of one stock, the cleft graft method is used. 



