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["loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>]

Ginda,

You want one of two methods--(a cleft graft doesn't heal as well because of
the cleft)--the names vary a bit depending on the source.

In the first you cut the scion diagonally as for a whip and tongue graft--do
no make the tongue.  Then make a matching slice down the side of the larger
stock and set the scion against it, matching the cambial layers, then either
bind or nail--using little brass brads.  In the other one that I use, you
make two longish slices to the scion so it comes to a long pie wedge on the
bottom with equal cuts on each side (one cut can be a little longer).  You
then make two parallel vertical cuts (from the 90 degree cut end of the
large stock) a little longer than the length of the cut surfaces on the
scion. Peel down the bark and insert the scion vertically between the stock
and bark flap--bind and cover.  You'll have twice the cambial contact as
with a cleft graft  with each of these grafts without the cleft to harbor
disease organisms.

Lonroc, SW WI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us>
To: "NAFEX Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 11:55 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Grafting apples


> I hope to do some grafting this Monday.
>
> If I have a branch or central leader that's about 1/2 inch in
> diameter, and a scion that's about 1/4 inch in diameter, should I
> just do a cleft graft, or something else?
>
> I've done successful cleft grafts.
>
> Thanks,
> Ginda
> eastern Mass., zone 6
> where spring has finally arrived, and Monday is Patriot's day.
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