IMPLEMENTS. 



blade, the edge of which is to be rounded outwards 

 for the more ready incision of the bark. 



Fig. 13. 



A grafting-tool, (fig. 13,) described in the Cul- 

 tivator, vol. IX, p. 55, is useful in grafting large 

 apple trees. It may be made of iron, the edge set 

 with steel. It is used for splitting the stock, after 

 it is sawed off and pared. The part A should be 

 two inches broad with a sharp edge, which should 

 curve inwards, that the bark, in splitting, may be 

 cut first, to give it a smooth flat face. The wedge 

 B opens the stock to receive the graft. By the 

 hook C, it is hung on a twig close at hand, when 

 not in use. Grafting wedges for common use, may 

 be made by grinding down a large sized cut nail. 



CL 

 Fig. 14. 



A great improvement in grafting was made by 

 Abel Thomas of Cayuga county, N. Y., by the in- 

 vention and use of the grafting-shears. They con- 

 sist of a short thin blade of the best steel, A, fig. 



