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BUDDING AND GRAFTING 



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 cutting 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. 



46.— The cleft graft with the 

 cions in position. 



i'iu. 47. — The hark graft with 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. 

 The cions are cut wedge-shape at the base and are inserted 



