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Grafting Fruit Trees. 



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those soils, and it is also worked on the Mussels and Brussels 

 plums. For cherries, the Mahaleb and wild cherry are used, and 

 for peaches and nectarines, the almond and plum. A batch of 

 stocks can readily be raised by taking up suckers from various 

 trees, but it is a bad practice, as they are prone to future 

 suckering. 



All stone fruits do better budded than grafted, there being 

 a truer junction between bud and stock than obtains with grafts. 



Fig i. — Whip or Tongue Grafting. 



The- various methods of grafting can be seen from the illustra- 

 tions. 



Whip or Jongue Grafting. — This is most generally used on 

 stocks about half an inch in diameter. The graft is prepared by 

 taking off a slice on one side about to 2 in. long, the upper 

 end of the cut being opposite a bud, and the lower end cut away 

 to nothing. The stock should have been cutoff about 4 to 6 in 

 from the soil. Place the graft against the stock to measure how 

 long to^make the cut on the latter, then shave off a slice of bark 

 and wood just a little wider than the cut on the graft. This is 

 necessary in order to make the two inner barks of graft and 



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