NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



lecting a fruit upon which to work. Experi- 

 ments may, however, develop some quite 

 interesting results if the effort is made to 

 produce a fruit which will be hardier than any 

 grown in one's locality, thus adding, if success- 

 ful, a new feature of value. 



By the end of the first season the young 

 trees should be large enough for grafting 

 wood. The work of grafting should begin 

 when the spring is first coming or just before 

 the buds are swelling. The tiny branches of 

 the young tree to be grafted should be cut up 

 into pieces about two inches long, with two or 

 three buds on each, and then grafted in the 

 manner noted above. 



In grafting, care must be taken that seed 

 fruits be grafted upon trees bearing seed 

 fruits, pit fruit upon pit fruits. For example, 

 it will not do to graft a plum upon an apple 

 tree, but upon another plum tree or upon an 

 apricot, almond or peach; an apple graft upon 

 an apple tree, and so on. 



As indicated in Mr. Burbank's own work, 

 the larger the number of seeds sown the 

 greater the chances of success. Here, as in the 

 case of flowers, Mr. Burbank points out the 



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