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would be scarcely five feet. Where almonds are grafted 

 on plum stock, the reverse is true (Fig. 74). Where the 



FIG. 74. Almond on Plum Stock. Tree same age as Figs. 72 and 73. 

 Circumference four feet below the union and four feet ten inches 

 above. These trees were sickly and many of them had died. 



union comes above ground there is almost always an in- 

 crease in size at the point where the two parents are joined. 

 Whichever parent represents the larger plant that part of 



