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The lit.tle tongue of bark on the stock covers the base of the
cion when it is set. With (*ion is tied tightly to the stock (B),usually
with rai?i~t .
This method of grafting makes no incision into old wood,
and all wounded surfaces are completely covered by the matching
of the cion and stock. It is not ~lecessaq-, therefore, to
wax over the wou~icIs, as a rule. If used in the open, however,
wax shr,uld be used. The parts grow together uniformly and
quickly, niakin, 1~ a solid and perfect union, as shown at D. So
far as the union of the parts is concerned, this is probably the
most perfect form of grafting. This method, which is nothing
but the side-graft, of t,Ile English gardeners with the most important
t 1 ( 1 c 1 i t ion of a longer tongue ml the stock, is known by
various similes, but. it is
oftencst r*aIled vthnver-grafting
in this countr>-.
Veneer-grafting is employed
mostly from November
to March, WI potted
plants. Stocks gIY~u’I1 outdoors
are potted in the early
fall and carried OCR in a
cool house or pit. The cion
is applietl an inch or two
above the surface of the
ground, and the stock need
not. be headed back until
the cion has united. (See
Fig. 16.5.)
Both dormant a.nd grow-
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A B c
FIG. 164. Veneer-Frafting (x f).
ing cions are used. All p1ant.s in full sap must be placed
under a frame in the house, in which they may be almost
entirely buried with sphagnum, riot, too wet, mlci the house
.kept cool and rather moist until the cions are well estab-
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