LUTHER BURBANK 



The plant from which the cion is to be taken 

 is planted close to the plant that is to serve as the 

 stock. The two are brought together and the 

 bark sliced from a branch of each so that the 

 cambium layers come together. This connection 

 is bound and waxed. After union has taken 

 place, the cion is cut off below the union and the 

 stock is cut off above it, thus leaving the cion on 

 a new stock. 



This process is only exceptionally used, as it 

 requires too much time and expense, and with 

 most plants is usually no more successful than the 

 simpler methods of grafting. 



Grafting Wax 



Mention has been made of grafting wax, as 

 being very generally used to protect cion and 

 stock during the process of healing and union of 

 tissue. After testing many formulas, I selected 

 the following, and no other has been used in my 

 orchard for many years : 



Eight pounds of common resin and one pound 

 of beeswax or parafflne (either will do if no acid 

 or alkali is present, though beeswax is generally 

 preferred) are mixed with one and a half pounds 

 of raw linseed oil. Boiled oils often contain 

 chemicals injurious to plant life. If the wax is 

 to be used in cold weather, it is better to use only 

 seven and a half pounds of resin and a half pound 



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