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The union of the two parts will soon take place. In woody 

 plants the graft is tied in the same manner as the splice or 

 the tongue graft. Occasionally the joint is waxed over. 

 The saddle graft is employed principally when a terminal 

 bud is used. 



Fig. 43. — An excellent grafting chisel, showing the first position in the cleft 



graft. 



Cleft Graft. — Cleft grafting is preeminently the form of 

 grafting that is the most popular in the top working of trees. 



Fig. 44. — The second position of the grafting chisel in the cleft graft. 



It can be successfully used on limbs up to about two inches 

 in diameter, but it is not considered valuable for use on larger 

 limbs. When the cion is placed in larger limbs the pressure 



