Essentials of Sericulture

Mulberry Saw

The mulberry saw is a specialized saw used for pruning mulberry trees. Whenever the trunk or branches of a mulberry tree are particularly thick and sturdy—such that standard pruning shears cannot cut through them—one must use this saw to trim them.

Those manufactured from hardened steel are considered of the highest quality. The blade is over one foot approx. 32 cm long, half an inch wide, and very thin, with fine teeth arranged evenly along the edge. An iron bar is bent into a bow shape and secured to both ends of the blade with nails; a short piece of wood is inlaid at the base to serve as a handle. It is vital that the teeth are sharp and keen original: 銛利 (xianli). The teeth should be "set" by being angled slightly to the left and right; this ensures the cut is wider than the blade itself, allowing the saw to move back and forth without becoming stuck.

Mulberry Grafting Knife

The mulberry grafting knife is five inches long and one and a half inches wide. Its most important quality is its sharpness. It must be forged from refined iron, for the entire success of grafting grafting The technique of joining a shoot (scion) from one plant onto the trunk or root (stock) of another so they grow together. mulberry trees depends on the precision of the splitting and paring of the wood. Therefore, the quality of this knife must never be neglected.

Mulberry Scraper

The mulberry scraper original: 桑杷 (sangba) is a tool used for scraping pests and insects off the bark of mulberry trees. It is made of iron with a scraping edge over an inch wide. The body of the tool is curved and measures three inches in length. The end is fashioned with a socket socket original: 闞孔 (kankong); a hollow opening designed to receive a wooden pole. to receive a handle. The handle varies in length from two to three feet, chosen based on the height of the mulberry branches being treated.