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GRAFTAGE. 



of an apple graft published six years ago in The American 

 Garden by Professor C. S. Crandall. The cells are knit 

 together so completely that it is impossible to determine 

 the exact line of union (Fig. 83). Mr. Crandall also fig- 



A perfect union of stock and cion, following veneer-grafting . 

 The stock is upon the left, and the cion upon the right. The 

 united tissue is seen running through the center. (X25.) 



ures a microscopic section of an apple graft in which the 

 union is very poor, but this graft was made in a different 

 manner from the other (Fig. 84) ; and that is another proof 

 that the operation should be suited to the subject. 



These were grafts made upon nursery stock, and it 



