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["Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>]

Kevin:

 

     The prop. technique you've described below has been called a "veneer graft".  I'd call it a "veneer whip/tongue graft" and you are indeed correct about its great functionality.

 

ed, central ohio, coolish.........no burr...........

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Kevin Bradley
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 7:38 AM
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Subject: [NAFEX] spring grafting; bench grafting

Sorry to give you a fifth option but I think it is the best of those you listed. I often do this graft on tress that are bigger than the scions but too small to cleft or bark graft. Its a modification of the whip and tongue, very simple and leaves a good strong union, stronger than a bark graft. I don't know what you call it and I have not seen any pictures of it.
Cut the field stock off clean at the height you want the graft. Then cut the scion as for a whip and tongue graft. On the stub on the field stock make a cut that matches the scionwood but that, hmm, how do I explain this, that is a little bit more than half the length of the whip cut you made on the scion. Notch it with a tongue and then join the two together, wrap it with rubber strips.
I have done dozens of these grafts alongside cleft grafts, one-sided whip and tongue grafts, and bark grafts and these give more takes and more strength. I don't know if I've explained it very well but does anyone know what this graft is called?