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BIGGIE ORCHARD BOOK 



and apple. Do the grafting-, if possible, on a mild 

 day during showery weather. The necessary tools 

 are a chisel or a thick-bladed knife or a grafting iron 

 (with which to split open the stock after it is sawed 

 off smoothly with a fine -tooth saw), a hammer or 

 mallet to aid the splitting process, a very sharp knife 

 to trim the scions, and a supply of good grafting wax. 



SPLITTING THE BTOCK TRIMMED SCION SCIONS INSERTED 



SECTIONAL 



TOP VIEW OF SCIONS 



IN PLACE 



GRAFTING WAX 

 APPLIED 



CL.EFT GRAFTING I FROM START TO FINISH 



Saw off a branch at the desired point, split the stock 

 a little way down, and insert a scion at each outer 

 edge taking care that the inner bark of the scion 

 fits snugly and exactly against the inner bark of the 

 stock. This together with the exclusion of air and 

 moisture until a union results constitutes the secret 

 of success. Trim the scions wedge-shaped, as shown 

 in the picture ; insert them accurately ; the wedge 



