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SUCCESSFUL FRUIT CULTURE 



trees that produce only cider apples or fruit that is not 

 in demand in the market. These trees often occupy 

 valuable land, or from their producing fruit of no value 

 are not cared for, only serving as a breeding place for 

 the canker worm, tent caterpillar, codlin moth, apple 



Fig. 27-Regrafted Tree, Three Years from Grafting 



maggot and other injurious insects, and should either 

 be cut down or regrafted with varieties that have some 

 market value. If the trunks of such trees are sound 

 and the growth is fairly vigorous, they may be regrafted 

 at little expense and in from three to five years produce 



