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GRAFTAGE. 



making ttie incision. An ordinary chisel or a knife may 

 be used, however. The incision should be about an inch 

 deep. The cion is cut wedge-shape, as 

 for cleft-grafting, and it is pressed into 

 the incision until its cut surfaces are con- 

 cealed in the stock. The wound is then 

 tied, and, if it is above ground in the 

 open, it is waxed. The stock is headed 

 back vigorously to aid in deflecting a part 

 of the energy into the cion. This method 

 of grafting may be used to good advan- 

 tage upon rather small grape stocks, be- 

 low the surface of the ground. 



A modification of this style of side- 

 grafting is the "cutting side-graft," 

 shown in Fig. 114. This is adapted to 

 root-grafting, particularly of the grape. 

 The stock is cut wedge-shape, and is in- 

 serted into an oblique incision in the cion. 

 A side-graft which is a combination of 

 budding and grafting is 

 shown in Fig. 115. The 

 incision in the stock is 

 exactly like that made for shield-budding 

 (Fig. 90), but a cion, cut wedge-shape, is 

 used in place of a bud. The graft is tied 

 and waxed. This style of grafting is use- 

 ful for many difficult subjects. It is admi- 

 rably adapted to the mulberry, in which the 

 operation should be performed just as the 

 foliage is well started in the spring, with 

 dormant cions. The stock is headed back 

 a week or so after the cion is set, and again 

 at intervals during the season. The cion will 

 often make suflficient growth the first season 

 to form a salable tree by fall. Purple and ^'S- Shieid-^raft- 

 weeping beeches may be grafted in this budding (xi). 



Cutting side- 

 graft (xM). 



