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BUDDING AND GRAFTING 



of the two parts of the stock is so great that the cion is crushed. 

 To make a cleft graft the limb is selected and sawed off 

 squarely. It is then carefully split with a grafting chisel. 

 If no grafting chisel is available, fairly satisfactory work can 

 be done with a wood chisel 

 of the proper size. In cut- 

 ting the stock select a place 

 free from knots, because a 

 clean straight cut will not 

 result if the chisel strikes a 

 knot in the wood. 



The remaining portion of 

 the limb after the top is cut 

 off is called the "stub." The 

 stub is usually large enough 



Fig. 45. — The cleft graft with the 

 cions in position. 



Fig. 46. — The bark graft vdih the cions 

 in position and the stub waxed. 



to accommodate two cions. Occasionally under certain cir- 

 cumstances, four cions are placed in a stub, but this is the 

 exception rather than the rule. 



