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over a lighted kerosene lamp. If the lamp is placed inside 

 a box that has a hole cut in the top large enough to let the 

 wax pot set in, the lamp can then be protected from blow- 

 ing out in the wind. 



Common Grafting Waxes 



1 4 pounds resin, 2 pounds beeswax, 1 pound tallow. 

 2 6 pounds resin, 2 pounds beeswax, 1 pound tallow. 

 3 6 pounds resin, 2 pounds beeswax, 1 pint linseed oil. 

 4 4 pounds resin, 1 pound beeswax, 1 pint raw linseed 

 oil. 



Waxed String for Grafting 



Common knitting cotton, No. 18, dropped into any of 

 the waxes made from beeswax and resin while the wax is 

 melted. The ball should be turned over frequently and 

 allowed to remain in the hot wax for several minutes to be- 

 come thoroughly saturated. 



This string is useful in wrapping grafts and does not 

 need to be tied. Waxed cloth can be made in the same 

 way, and is used in making top grafts. 



Evaporating Apples 



It frequently happens that a portion of the fruit crop 

 cannot be profitably marketed at harvest time, and unless 

 used in some other form it becomes waste on the hands 

 of the grower. Such fruit may be dried or evaporated and 

 be thus converted into a marketable or usable product. 



There is a distinction between "dried" and "evaporated" 

 fruit, the former term usually being applied to sun dried 

 fruit and the latter to fruit that is dried in an evaporator. 

 For home use, where only small quantities are needed, sun- 

 drying is the easiest means of handling such fruit. The 

 fruit to be sun-dried is first pared and quartered or sliced 

 and placed on a suitable surface in the sunlight, where it 

 will have the advantage of free circulation of air. It is 



