GROWING PLANTS BY CUTTINGS, ETC. 55 



If the trees from the seeds were allowed to grow, the 

 apples from such trees would be of poor quality and 

 very different from the apples in which the seeds were 

 produced. But by grafting to the seedling trees a 

 scion from the tree we wish to propagate, we are sure 

 to get trees which will bear the fruit we desire. 



Budding is another form of grafting. A bud may 

 be cut out of a plant and grafted on the stem of another 

 plant, and from this bud will come branches which 

 will bear fruit of the same kind as that of the plant 

 from which the bud was taken. Peach and cherry 

 trees are grown in this way. Some nurseries also start 

 apple trees by budding. 



By grafting scions or buds from several trees on the 

 branches of one tree, we can get several varieties of 

 fruit from the single tree. If a fruit tree bears an un- 

 desirable variety of fruit, we can change the fruit by 

 grafting on it scions or buds from trees of desirable 

 varieties. 



QUESTIONS 



1 . What is a cutting ? What plants are propagated by cut- 

 tings ? 



2. Why do we not raise apples from seedling trees? 



3. What is a scion ? Explain the method of grafting a scion 

 to another plant. 



4. Explain the method of budding. 



5. What trees are propagated by grafting or budding ? 



