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that they just match each other. Place them so the cam- 

 bium layer of the stock and scion coincide and bind firmly 

 with grafting cloth cut in strips about one-fourth inch 

 wide. Begin winding well below the union and continue 

 spirally up over it. The scions should not be over four 

 ,inches long. This method is used on brittle woods as 

 raspberries and blackberries, as well as on apple and pear 

 seedlings. 



TONGUE GRAFTING 



Make a clean, long, slanting cut on the upper end of 

 the stock. Select a scion about the same size and make a 

 similar cut on the lower end of it. Both cuts should be 

 clean, smooth and match each other. Make a little tongue 

 in each by cutting out a small wedge-shaped chip as shown 

 in the cut. Press stock and scion firmly together so that 

 the tongues dovetail. Be sure the inner bark of stock and 



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