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method) in 



SIDE 

 GRAFTING 



Side grafting : See illustration. A, 

 B and C show how it is done. 



Splice grafting is very simple. It is 

 like whip grafting, minus the mortising. 

 The two diagonally cut ends are fitted 

 together ("spliced") and then held in 

 place by a waxed tie. 



Top grafting means, simply, the 

 inserting of scions (by any desired 

 the branches of trees. 



Many a worthless tree has thus been 

 changed into a desirable variety. 

 By using enough scions it is possible 

 to make an entire new top on almost 

 any tree. See Fig. II, and study 

 the idea shown there. It is not 

 best to cut away too much of the 

 old tree at once ; therefore, a few 

 FIG. ii secondary branches are left, and 



MAKING A NEW TOP t h es e, after the scions are thriftily 

 growing, can gradually be cut away the 

 following season. 



Whip grafting, also called "tongue 

 grafting" (see Fig. Ill), consists of an 

 exact "dovetailing" of scion into stock. 

 Nurserymen use this method in special 

 cases, and often in root grafting. 



THE ART OF BUDDING. This consists 

 in taking a bud from one tree and insert- 

 ing it under the bark of some other tree, 

 says Farm Journal. The union of the two, FIG- m 

 the bud and the stock, takes place at the GRAFTING 



