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used with geraniums and various other garden 

 plants. 



The better varieties of loquat can be grafted 

 during January and February, or budded in 

 June, July, or August, on seedling loquats or 

 quince. 



Grafting may be done by the "cleft" method 

 or any other of the usual methods already de- 

 scribed. It is well to remove most of the leaves 

 from the cion, leaving a cluster of the tip bud 

 leaves. Wax should be applied freely, and a 

 paper sack tied tightly over the graft and stock 

 to protect it from drying winds. Later the sack 

 may be partially opened, and at last removed. 



The large number of seedling loquats in my 

 orchard were grown from one tree, bearing giant 

 fruit, imported from Japan. Seedlings fruited 

 at about the age of three years from seed, some 

 not until the fourth year. 



The better varieties of the loquat are quite 

 often grafted or budded on common quince 

 stock, on which the trees thrive as well appar- 

 ently, as if on their own roots. This would in- 

 dicate the possibility (but not necessarily the 

 probability) of crossing the loquat and the 

 quince. 



So far as my experience indicates, the loquat 

 is perfectly self-fertile. It is readily crossed and 



