HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE 



The best time to make this graft is i 



when scion and stock are dormant, that 

 is, when not in leaf. During the winter, 

 say in February, is the best time to 

 graft your tree. Now set your grafted 

 tree away again in damp sand until 

 spring; then plant it in loose, rich soil. 



Since all parts growing above the graft 

 will be of the same kind as the scion, 

 while all branches below it will be like 

 the stock, it is well to graft low on the 

 stock, even upon the root itself. The 

 slanting double line in Fig. 66 shows the 

 proper place to cut off for such grafting. 



You may sometime, if you like, make 

 the interesting and valuable experiment of grafting scions 

 from various kinds of apple trees upon the branches of one 

 stock. In this way you can secure a tree bearing a number 

 of kinds of fruit. You may thus raise the Bonum, Red 

 Astrachan, Winesap, and as many other varieties of apples 



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FIG. 67 A COM- 

 PLETED ROOT GRAFT 



FIG. 68. CLEFT GRAFTING 



