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arc c!lett-~raftcd (1”Q. 1721, and
these, being in the ground, are well
f protcctcd, and it is difficult to split
the stub deep enough to allow the cion
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to be thrust in far. If the stub, in
this case, has little ekticity after
olfl gr:tpr stock.
FIG. 173. Cleft-grafhg ou
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twnig split, it s11ould he
tightly wou~cl to keq) t,he cion in place. An old
grapcY stoc*k, ckft-grafted, and then covered with
earth, is seen in Fig. 173. These covered grape
stubs arc usiinlly not wastd. This is the common,
and gencrnll)V the best, method of grafting the
grape.
The wounds must now be covered with wax. Fig.
F-k is ;I stub after the covering has been applied.
If the grafting is performed in early spring, when
thtb weather is cold, the was will have to be applied
with a. brush. The wax is melted in a gluepot,
which is carried to the tree. But if the weather is
warm enough to soften the was, it should be applied
with the ht-ends. The hands are first greased
to prevent the was from sticking. The two side
or vertical portions are applied first. The end of
the mass of was in the hand is flattened into a
thin pad about ;i half inch wide. This pad is then
FIG. 174.
laid over the lower bud of the cion and held there A waxed stub
b>- the thumb of the other hand, while the wax is (’ “.
drawn downwards over the cleft, being pressed down firmly
upon the bark by the thumb of the first hand. The wax