Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-08
Some Pointers on "GrGhing"
by Agricultural College Expert

Dress Bulletin. New Mexico college
OF Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
aud Agricultural Experiment sta
tion. state College. y. NJ.
Tho questions. Have you any liter.
allure ON graftlnge" aud Have you a
press bulletin on grating %" htVc been
asked frequently. Then the condi-
lions under which the trees are grown
IN this state are quite different from
those 80 the nurseries from which
the trees are purchased. For this
reason 10 Is quite important that the
perpetuation OF some OF the more
promising trees be given due consid-
Grafton
only the cleft and whip graft will
b" described. Both OF these types
may be- used for root grating and for
top working. and the whip graft may
also bo ed la making the whole
root and the piece root grafts.
The stock Is the piece OF the root.
the whole root or the tree which Is
10 DO top worked. or II " the part
hearing the root portion for the new
plant THIS stock may be obtained
from the nursery. roots about the
size of a lead pencil may be taken
from some of the trees In the orchard
or seed may be planted and one-yca-
old seedlings grown. Northern SPY
stocks should be used whenever they
can he had. for they resist the wooily
nphis where small whole roots or
piece roots are TO be- used they may
bo collected In the fall ana stored
len some convenient. sandy place
The sciuns are pieces OF branches
or tWlgs. four or ave inches long,
that are made from the -ycar.old
wood of the tree 20 be propagated.
The sclonS should not be from the
terminal end 81 the twig. as the buds
on this portion ~ the twig are not
always we'll developed.
For cleft grating the stock should
Ice az least ilve-eights of an inch In
diameter but not over about two
Inches. to work we'll To make this
graft saw the stock OF lust little
below where the soil comes on u.
making smooth cut Drive big
heavy knife. one made for the put-
pose. into the end Of the stock, SO as
To make cut--not split--about two
inches deep. Then with two long
sIopinE cuts each, make the ends Of
Two sciuns wedge shaped, having one
edge of the wedge thinner than the
other and the wedge shaped portions
about an inch and q quarter long. Pry
the cleft. or cut In the stock, open
and insert the scions 81 that their
thin edges are toward the pith OF the
stock in order that the cambium--
the portion lust under the bark--of
the stock VIII come In contact with
that of the scion The cambiums are
the only places that can unite. Covet
an cut portions we'll with grating
wax and bury IN moist sandy place
until spring when they should Oe
taken up and set In some place where
they viii receive the best of cultivu-
ton.
The whip graft, whether for piece
root. whole root or Tor top WORKING.
is made hy cutting the scion aud
stock ~ with one long sloping cui
each This cut should be about an
inch long. perfectly straight and
smooth. ~ that the scion and stock
will ht together throughout the cat
PORTIONS Next. holding the knife IN
cutting position Ia one hand. The
seton nr stock In the other, place The
thumb of the hand holding the knife
against the seton ur stock aud with
drawing motion make a cut as VI TO
split TIE scion or stock. about half
IN inch deep and parallel 90 the scion
or stock This eat should not follow
the nth at the sciOn or stock. but
should be- little nearer the ZIP end
cor the toe, so that the scion and htock