10 GRAFTING. 



round the top, otherwise those cut too far 

 through when they have grown any size, the 

 winds will blow down, even after tying them 

 a second time. 



Having got your scion ready you take a 

 slice of your stock the length of the slice on 

 your scion, make a tongue or slit about the 

 same length as that on your scion, beginning 

 nearly at the top of the slice, letting your knife 

 slope gradually into the stock. If your stock 

 is much larger than your scion do not make 

 your slice too deep into the stock, in order 

 that your scion may touch the inner rind of the 

 stock on both sides as well as the bottom, but 

 be careful to let your scion just touch the 

 bottom of the slice on the stock, as that is 

 necessary both for its making a good growth 

 the first summer, and likewise for its healing 

 well over, for the graft derives by far more 

 nourishment from the bottom than the side, but 

 be sure do not let your scion go below the 

 slice on the stock. By this practice you put 

 on the graft in the centre of the stock, which is 

 much better than putting it on the side, and 

 by this practice you need not tie your grafts 

 a second time. 



