Grafting and Budding - WJ Lewis & D McE Alexander new softcover book Fruit, Nut, Ornamentals

GRAFTING & BUDDING

A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals

by WJ Bill Lewis and D McEwan Alexander

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New small softcover book, 112 pages. Second edition published 2008.

Grafting and Budding: A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals includes the grafting of ornamental plants. It is a comprehensive and clearly written, practical guide to all of the grafting and budding techniques any professional or home gardener is likely to need.

The book begins with a brief history of the subject, explains how grafting works and shows why it is now the preferred technique for propagating most commercial plants. It then describes the basics of budding, grafting and multi-grafting and presents step-by-step instructions for making the special cuts used in grafting and budding. Advice is also given on the selection of scion wood, the preparation of rootstocks and the after-care of grafted plants.

The methods of budding and grafting are explained in fine detail, including T-budding, chip budding and patch budding, the splice graft, wedge graft, whip and tongue graft, side graft, bark graft and approach graft, the grafting of herbaceous plants and machine bench grafting. More than 60 sketches and photographs are included to help illustrate various aspects of the skill of grafting.
The book includes sections covering the preferred methods of propagation for Australian natives such as eucalypts, banksias, hakeas and grevilleas; cacti; conifers; general deciduous ornamentals; black passionfruit; roses and tomatoes, making it an indispensable addition to any avid gardener’s bookshelf.

Chapters include:

• Introduction
• Grafting - the basics: the grafting cut, scion wood
• Budding techniques - t-budding, chip budding, patch budding, v-budding
• Grafting techniques - splice or whip graft, wedge or cleft graft, whip and tongue graft, bark graft, side graft, approach graft
• Methods for selected species - Australian natives, Annonas or custard apples, avocado, cacti, cashew, citrus, conifers, general deciduous ornamentals, grape, macadamia, mango, passionfruit, pistachio, pome fruit (apples, pears), roses, sapodilla, stone fruits, tomatoes, walnut, ziziphus
• Glossary, Further reading, Internet Resources

Includes B&W photos and line drawings throughout.

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Grafting and Budding: A practical guide for fruit and nut plants and ornamentals by WJ Lewis & D McE Alexander