GRAFTING. 



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a clasp or bandage round the middle, to make the con- 

 tact complete. 



Grafting Shoots by Approach (fig. 7). — In the 

 preceding methods, the plants operated upon are at 

 least a year old. In twig grafting, the graft, and 

 sometimes even the stock, consist of tender herbaceous 

 shoots. This method can only be practised from the 

 middle of June until the beginning of August. The 

 mode of operation differs also in other respects. 



This kind of grafting is employed to greatest ad- 

 vantage upon peach trees and other stone fruits for fill- 

 ing up the vacant spaces on the fruit-branches, which 

 constitute the lateral branches upon the principal 

 branches. 



Fig. 7.— Shoot Grafting by Approach. 



Suppose that there is a vacant space among the fruit- 

 branches of a peach, C (fig. 7) ; the shoot B will serve 

 to fill up the vacancy. For this purpose, make upon 

 the branch, at the point C, an incision, about 1^ inch 

 long, and terminated at each extremity by a transverse 



