CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

especially on large limbs, and its evils should be mitigated as
1nuc11 a~ possible by choosing small limbs for the operation.
III ~~okmion practice, the cion (E’ig. 167)
bears three buds, the lowest one standing
just above the wedge. This lowest
bud is usually entirely covered with wax,
but it pushes through without difficulty.
In fact, being nearest the source of food
and most protected, its chances of living
ark‘ greater than those of the higher buds.
The sides of the cion must be
cut smooth and even. A single
draw cut on each side with a
sharp blade is rrmch better than
two or three partial cuts. A
good grafter makes a cion by
three strokt~s of the knife, one
to wt off tlw rht1 and two to
shape it. ‘lh outer c+e of
the w&t: sl~oultl 1)~ a little
thicker than the iunc’r, so that
The stork or stub must be cut 0M’ square and
smooth with a sharp tml preferably fine-toothed
l:I,i. 1ci7a saw. If OIW desires to btx specially careful it1 the
(‘ldt-graft operation, the end of the st.ub, or at least two OppOviori
(.x 1).
site sitltls of it, may be dressed off with a knife, so
that. the juncture l)etween the bark and the wood may be
more easily seen. Professional grafters rarely resort LO this