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removed, the lips of the split trunk close in on the wedge-cut scions, 

 and nothing else is done except to bank moist earth in a small mound 

 over the cut. This earth absorbs the 

 dripping sap from the old trunk and keeps 

 the wound well drained. The use of 

 grafting wax would be here worse than 

 useless, as it would prevent the sap run- 

 ning away and would literally drown and 

 rot the plant and prevent the formation of 

 the knitting tissue or callus gum. Sep- 

 tember is the best time for grafting vines. 

 At that time the stock is beginning to 

 burst into leaf ; the scions, which consist 

 of last year's wood, should have been kept 



Cleft Graft for Old Trees or . , . J , , 



vines. back in cool sand. 



Fig. 1. Fig, 2. 



Grafting under the Bark. 



I. A. The scion, side view, showing thickness of cut at points a and b. B. Scion 

 transverse view, showing how faced at c. C. The stock, showing how it will cut 

 off, and the incision made to receive the graft, 



2. Operation complete. Stock grafted with two scions and applicable to stocks 

 with one scion. A. Twine, showing how it is tied. B. Waxed top surface. 

 C. Waxed on the side covering graft. D. Graft waxed at the end. JB. Ter- 

 minal bud, waxing at end not required. 



