WHIP GRAFTING 
Whip grafting is usually done in February and the early part 
of March, grafting on one, two, or three year old seedlings, making 
the splice about two or three inches under the ground. Scions about 
6 inches in length are used. 
(A) Shows a long sloping cut made 
on the stock about 1 V 2 inch long. 
(X) Represents the scion with a 
similar cut. 
(B) Shows the stock with a slit 
made about one third of the way from 
the point of the bevel to the heel, 
with a similar slit made in the scion. 
(C) Shows the stock and scion 
ready to be pushed together for the 
whip graft. 
(D) Shows the Whip graft com¬ 
plete where the cambium (the layer 
of cells between the bark and the 
wood) of the scion should fit the 
cambium cells of the stock on one side. 
The union is made by the cambium of the scion and the stock coming 
into contact with each other. 
(E) Shows the Whip graft tied securely. 
(This graft may either be covered with graft ng or by mounding up moist 
soil around the scion until the scion is almost completely covered. This soil should 
be left around the scion until the scion begins to grow.) 
T-BUDDING 
T-budding is done on the thin bark plants, like peach, apricot, 
plum, apple, pear, cherry and roses. It can be done any time the 
bark will slip on the stock. Cold storage of fresh buds may be used. 
Fresh buds are usually ready to use by May 25. 
(A) Shows stock with vertical cut 
and the cross cut completing the “T.” 
(B) Shows the “T” cut on the 
stock pried open for the insertion 
of the bud. 
(C) Shows the cut made in re¬ 
moving the bud from the bud stick. 
This cut should be about %inch long, 
made sc that it passes under the bud 
as nearly between the bark and the 
wood as possible. This bud is re¬ 
moved by cutting it off squarely at 
the upper end of the first cut that 
has been made. 
(D) Shows the bud inserted on 
the stock. 
(E) Shows the bud tied in place. 
( With T-budding no wax or covering material is necessary. T-buds may be 
forced by cutting the top back about two thirds of the way to the bud from 
eight to ten days after the bud is inserted. In cutting the buds from the stock, 
it is not necessary to remove the wood from the bud, though this is preferable.) 
What May Be Grafted And Bedded On Each Other 
Roses may be budded cn roses. .All the stme fruits, peaches, plums, apricots, 
cherries, and almonds may be budded cn each other. Pears, apples, quince, crab- 
apple ai:d red haw iray be budded or grafted on each other. Pecan-,, hickory 
and pignuts may be budded cn each other. English walnut. Black Walnut and 
Hart Walnut may be successfully budded or grafted on each other. Walnuts will 
semetimes grow when budded on pecans but it is not commercially worthwhile 
to try to bud or graft outside of the above combination. Japanese persim¬ 
mons may be profitably budded or grafted on the native persimmons. 
