Show TOOLS FOR CLEFT GRAFTING trunk or limb of tree to be operated upon should be cut squarely across with saw the grafting toot tool here shown was especially devised for use in the pecan groves of the country with it Is used a sharp fine tooth saw a very sharp graft grafting knife and a short handled wooden mallet with the usual raffia and grafting wax in performing the alie operation of cleft grafting the trunk or limb of the tree to be graft 0 ill tool for cleft grafts ed in other words the stock should be cut squarely across with the saw the knife edge of the grafting tool Is then placed across the stock nod and by tapping at the back of the tool with the mallet the stock Is split or cut t to 0 a depth of two to four inches the thick pointed wedge on the back of the grafting tool is used to pry apart the cut after it is made the scion Is then sharpened loser inserted ted and the edges of the alie cut are covered |