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been covered with! grafting wax. Some prefer waxed string for 

 this covering. The cion should be at least five inches long 

 to allow the graft to be set deep and thus encourage rooting 

 from the cion. When completed, they should be tied in bundles 

 and put away, packed in boxes very firmly in clean sand or 



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Fig. 74. Root grafting-, a. Apple root such as is used in root 

 grafting 1 , b. Cion. c. Cion and root prepared for putting to- 

 gether, d. The graft made. e. The graft wrapped with waxed 

 paper. 



sawdust, in a cold cellar. Early in the spring they should be 

 planted in the nursery, about six inches apart, in rows three 

 feet apart, setting all but the upper bud of the cion below the 

 surface of the ground. It is important to plant the cion deep 

 so as to encourage it to throw out roots, as the trees are then 



