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persistently do not agree with each other, but in 

 many cases flatly contradict each other. 



The object to be obtained is the putting such a 

 stock or trunk under the tree as will be less liable 

 to sun scald borers; etc., than the variety that is 

 desired for fruit. 



Such trees are on trial at this station, but so far 

 they have given no results either way, as they have 

 been out but a few years. 



The only experience the author has ever had 

 was in grafting the slow growing Tetofski upon 

 the Transcendent Crab. In three years the cions had 

 overgrown the stocks to such an extent that they top- 

 pled over with their own weight. The growth habit 

 of these two varieties was reversed when worked 

 together, the rapid growing Transcendent nearly 

 stood still while the dwarfish Tetofski made the 

 most phenomenal growth. 



Being very desirous to make no mistake in this 

 matter that is attracting so much attention at 

 present, letters were sent out to many of the 

 leading western horticulturists, asking for infor- 

 mation on this and "top grafting," and from the 

 answers received, as well as from my own experi- 

 ence, I am of opinion that the whole matter of 

 double working is unimportant, and that the 

 results so far have not justified the claims or the 

 expectations of its advocates. 



Those stocks that have proved the most congenial 

 in the greatest number of cases are the Whitney 

 No. 20, Hughes Virginia, and Yellow Siberian Crab. 



