BUDDING AND GUAFTIJS'G. 



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ing most usually practiced are whip and cleft grafting, 

 and they are practiced on the stem and branches, or the 

 roots of trees. Koot grafting can be performed at any 

 time in this climate, or from the fall of the leaf until the 

 buds begin to open. The peach, grafted in this way early 

 in the season, succeeds perfectly at the South, but gen- 

 erally fails north of Virginia. Stone fruits of all kiuds 

 must be grafted earlier than apples, pears, etc., as their 

 sap seems to lose all agglu- 

 tinating properties after its 

 first flow. 



( } raft them just as the buds 

 are about to swell, but for 

 most other species the best 

 time for grafting, except in 

 the root, where the scion will 

 be protected by the earth cov- 

 ering it, is while the buds are 

 swellingin the spring. If put 

 in before that time the alter- 

 nate freezing and thawing to 

 which they are exposed of Ion 

 destroys the vitality of the 

 graft. Apples, pears, etc., 

 may be grafted until they 

 blossom, if the scions are kept 



perfectly fresh, and have not started. Grafting succeeds 

 perfectly well just before the second growth, early in 

 August, if the sap is thrown into the graft, by nibbing off 

 the other shoots as they appear; but it is just as well to 

 wait until spring, there being no gain in the growth of 

 the graft over those put in at the usual season. 



Whip or Splice Grafting. — This mode is applicable 

 to all small stocks, and succeeds best where the scion and 

 stock are exactly the same size. Both stock and scion 



Fig. 86. Fig. 87 



Splice Grafting. 



