The Farm

The seaaoa for grafting ia now here and may be continuad ontil the end of May, provided the grafts are caretully preservad - thut is to say, kept in an ice-house or in a eold celar, after the weather luis become warm, to prevent tlieir growing. We have set grafts the last day of May with as much snccess as at any other time, and we have kiiüwii oí grafting being done np to the ZOth of June. "VVhen understood- and it ougbt to be an easy thing to learn - anyone can üo lus own grafting. Vet due care must be taken in all the details to insure growing. Stocks or limbs to be grafted, not over two inches in diameter, should be cut off at the distance of six luches. A line saw should be used. Incline the saw so that the stump will shed the rain. The bark must be uninjured, With a sharp knife smooth oft' the sawed stump. Take acase-knife, whicli is as good as any, place it across the Lteart of the stock, and f orce it down with a wooden mallet. We use a very narrow screw-driver for keeping open the split. Shape the scion wedge-fashion both ways. keeping the bitrk intact. We make a shoulder as far up as (lie scion is shaved; it is not so strong, lmt better insures growth. ïhe insideof the bark of both scion and stock must meet or cross, in order that the sap of the two may commingle. Set the scion at a slight angle spreading i'rom each other. When the stock is Binall and only one scion inserted, place a piece of wood on the opposite snle of correspondingthickness. If Ihe slit does not close up sufliciently, tie round a cotton string to keep it tight upon the graft. Cover with wax every part of the vut wood and slit. In ihree weeks' time go over the grafts and rewax if needed, It is air and rain getting in that destroy. Where the limb to be grafted is from two to four inches over, it should be cut say six inches from the tree, and four to six scions may be inserted.