384: NTTRSEKY AND FRUIT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



They are to be had in the seed stores at $1 to $1 25 

 a-piece. 



The Budding Knife. — ^This is much smaller than the 

 prmiing knife, with a thin straight blade, the edge some- 

 times rounded at the point. The handle is of bone or 

 ivorj, and has a thin wedge-shaped end for raising the 

 bark. Budders have various fancies about shape and 

 size. 



The Grafting Chisel, 

 — ^This is used for 

 splitting large stocks; 



Fio. 149.— Grafting Chisel. the blade is about tWO 



inches long, and an inch and a half wide, in the shape of 

 a wedge ; the edge cm-ved so as to cut, and not tear the 

 bark ; the handle eight or ten inches long, at the end of 

 which is a narrow wedge to keep the split open until the 

 scion is inserted. The whole is of steel. Some are made 

 with the blade in the middle, the wedge at one end, and 

 a hook to hang it by on the other. 



Foote's Stock Splitter. — ^This is an implement invented 

 by A. Foote, Esq., of Williamstown, Mass., to facilitate 

 cleft grafting. It consists of a sharp blade, c, and a groove, 



Fio. 150.— Foote's stock splitter. 



sheathed with leather; the handles are of wood, and 

 the whole implement about eighteen inches long. The 

 stock is placed in the groove, and the blade brought down 

 upon it by the lever which acts upon a small wheel, h. 



It performs splitting both neatly and quickly. 



