A GRAFTED CAPULIN TREE, TWO YEARS OLD 



Experi- 



Until very recent years, the capulin has been propagated solely by means of seed. Exp 

 ments at Ambato, Ecuador, have shown that it lends itself to budding and grafting. It will not 

 be difficult, therefore, to establish as horticultural varieties the choice forms which have orig- 

 inated in the Ecuadorean highlands. They cannot be reproduced from seed, for the capulin, 

 like nearly all other tree fruits, usually reverts to the wild state when propagated by this means. 

 The tree here shown is in the Quinta Normal de Agricultura at Ambato. Dr. Augusto Martinez, 

 director of the Quinta, stands beside it. (Fig. 6.) 



