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scions of the desired lengtli. Next take 

 one of the long seedling roots, and 

 follow the same process of making 

 a sloping cut and a tongue. Begin 



which was just at the surface of 

 the ground), and make the cut so that 

 all of the root and one-half inch or so 

 of the top are used. The operator should 



at the crown (the part of the root learn to be very economical of the seed- 



Fig. 1. Long and Short Scion Wood. On the left are twigs just long enough to make 

 one scion each, as will nearly always be the case where wood is taken from old 

 trees that make only a slight growth each season. By the side of these is some 

 long scion wood. The next figure shows how the twigs are cut into scions proper, 

 the short ones making one and the long ones tliree cuts. 



