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FRUIT CULTURE. 



Whip grafting is the method more commonly 

 applied when the stock and the scion are about 

 of the same size, although it is not limited 

 to this condition. Fig. 29 indicates how per- 

 fectly the stock and scion may be made to cor- 

 respond. This is the simplest form. But in the 

 case of wood that is not brittle, it is safer to slit 

 a tongue in the stock and a corresponding one in 

 the scion, as seen in Fig. 30. A little practice will 

 soon enable a good knifesman to make a close 

 adjustment of the parts. But it is not to be ex- 

 pected that the scion will exactly cover the entire 

 cut surface of the stock. 

 It is only necessary that 

 the union of cambium 

 should be perfect at some 

 point, though the more en- 

 tire this union is, the more 

 certain will be the success. 

 The scions are secured to 

 the stock by a bandage of 

 waxed cloth, drawn suffi- 

 ciently tight to hold the 

 scion firmly, and to exclude 

 the air. The cloth is made 

 by dipping strips of thin 

 cotton cloth about four inches wide into hot wax, 

 and then drawing them under the edge of a pane 



Fig. 30. 



