156 Fruit-growing in Arid Regions 



before, the cion is prepared with a long slope on one side 

 and slipped between the bark and sap wood. It is gen- 

 erally necessary to slit the bark at the point of insertion, 

 and very often the bark is removed from the base of the 

 cion up to the top of the sloping cut. The stub is bound 

 with waxed string, or other material, to hold the cions 

 firmly, and it is then waxed, as is the cleft-grafted stub. 

 The method really has no advantages over the others, 

 unless when compared with cleft-grafting in large stubs. 



Terminal-grafting. Another style sometimes employed 

 is that known as terminal-grafting. This work is generally 

 performed in the latter part of June or as soon as new 

 growth has matured enough to allow a terminal bud to be 

 secured. On old trees, such wood may be found in June. 

 A twig that has completed its growth may be picked out 

 by the presence of a well-formed bud at the tip and full 

 grown, or practically full grown, terminal leaves. The 

 cions are cut three or four inches long and the leaves 

 practically all trimmed off. 



There are different ways of inserting the cion. The most 

 common method is to cut a vertical slit in the bark of the 

 stock, trim the lower end of the cion with a long sloping 

 cut on one side, and then slip it under the bark at an angle 

 about 45 with the slit. The cut surface of the cion should 

 rest upon the wood of the stock. It is not necessary to 

 wrap or even wax the wound. 



The cions start into growth the same season, but the top 

 of the stock is left until the following spring. The method 

 seems to work well. It may prove to be a practical way 

 of supplying lower limbs on young trees headed too high. 

 When one neglects to remove the top when such grafting 



