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winds because of this lack of sufficient woody growth 

 where graft and stock are joined. In the after-care 

 of grafts, therefore, we need to remember that after- 

 care of natural stock shoots enters into the problem 

 also. 



Eight Commandments for Successful Grafting 



1. Choose closely allied species or varieties. 



2. Bring cambium layers of stock and scion into 

 accurate contact with each other. 



3. Make close contact of cut surfaces with firm 

 binding material or by the Spanish -windlass 

 method. 



4. With a paint brush cover every part of the scion, 

 buds and all, with melted paraffin which is spread 

 also over the stock wound and the binding 



material. 



5. Allow no natural shoots to start from the stock 

 until the scion is under way with its own new 

 shoot growing vigorously. 



6. When scion shoots are several inches in length, 

 allow some of the natural stock shoots to grow 

 for the first year in top-worked trees. 



7. Brace the growing scion shoots for two years. 



8. Allow none of the natural sprouts from the 

 stock to grow after the first year of grafting a 

 sapling or after the third year in a top^worked 

 tree. 



