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Show WfflAKD WHIP-GRAFTING APPLE TREES i Operation May Be Performed Any Time During Winter Months Secure Se-cure Strong Seedlings. On practically every farm there are varieties of apples or chance seedlings seed-lings that the owner wishes to propagate. prop-agate. Oftentimes the Varieties are unknown, and for that reason extra trees cannot be ordered. Whip or tongue grafting can be done any time during the winter months, the earlier the better. All that is necessary is to secure strong one-year-old seedlings for stocks, and good vigorous wood of the previous season's growth for scions. The seedlings should be cut off at the' crown. When the roots are of sufficient length, they may be divided, thus making what is commonly known as "piece root grafts," which are Invariably In-variably inferior to grafts that are made on the entire root. The sclou should be from three to four Inches in length and should contain from two to four buds. The secret of successful grafting Is to bring the cambium of the stock and scion In direct contact. The cambium cam-bium is found between the wood and bark, and Is composed of living, active cells, which are in a state of division. fit a fa'A A P ft a 4 i m, J Whip-Grafting Apple Trees The Prepared Pre-pared Scion and Stock Before and After Being Joined and Tied. V Therefore, the novice must exercise especial care to bring tlie growing tissue of the stock and scion in direct contact. To make this graft, cut both the scion and stock diagonally across, the cut being one to one and one-half inches in length, this being dependent upon the size of the material. In order or-der to join them together, a vertical cleft is then made in both stock and scion, and the two are joined by pushing push-ing the tongue of one into the cleft of the othr. Wnen made, the grafts can be put out in the open field at once or wrapped in mos. or sand and kept in a cellar where the temperature is low. If the latter method be followed, the grafts should be transferred to the field in the spring as soon as the ground can be worked. Where only a few are to be put out, dig the trench with a spade, and place the grafts up against tlie vertical side. The upper bud should be at the surface of the ground, and the grafts should be planted ten to twelve inches apart in rows that are at least three feet apart- |