AT'PLK THK?:S ON THKIIi OWN ROOTS. 



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Explanation or I'i.atk. 



No. 1. Siimplfsof yoiini; treos u'rown from roots unifts with short scion which 

 have not root »'(l from tlic scion iiml have only the original j-ooi to depend on. and :ire 

 very liable to root kill In this I'llinatc 



No. -J. Sariipli's crown from root u'rafts with loni; scions set deep enough in tho 

 s;roiind so that roois liave irrown from the scion. .Inditiiii! from t hesi- samples younn 

 trees that strike out roots from the scion make a closer union also with the root upon 

 which it is lirafted. as tiu< union is not easily descern»-d in tlu'se as in No. 1. 



No. 3. This is a saniph' of :i budded tree. When l)uddctl upon our common seed- 

 llnirs they are ilat)le to root kill whenever we have an open winter and but little snow. 

 The sample shows a tr.ice of black lieart In tlie root already. Acain, the tiud Is neces- 

 sarily inserted above the ground, tlius leaving the less hardy stock exposed and sub- 

 ject to injury. There Is no possibility of the si-ion pullinu' out roots, iin<l If the tree 

 is Iniured so as to render it necessary to cut Itback, it Is absolutely worthlos. All In- 

 telll;;ent horticulturists airree that budded apple trees are Inferior to grafted trees 

 where they are tf) be planted and crown in a severe cold climate These photoitraphs 

 are taken from genuine sample trees. 



