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THE NURSERY-MANUAL 



would not attempt it by 

 planting the seed of Elberta ; 

 on any seedling peach-stock 

 buds from the Elberta could 

 be set and the resulting tree 

 would be Elberta. (2) To 

 multiply the plant, by mak- 

 ing many plants from one. 

 Usually both purposes are 

 accomplished at the same 

 time. To these reasons may 

 be added a third : to pro- 

 duce a given change in cion 

 or stock, as when a variety 

 is dwarfed by working it on 

 a slower-growing stock, or 

 fruit-bearing is hastened by 

 setting a cion in an old 

 stock ; weeping varieties are 

 grafted high on straight 



FIG. 127. A " standard " rose, produced 

 by budding on a tall trunk. 



bodies, 



and low-growing things are elevated on 

 long trunks as in Fig. 127 (Beal, Cornell 

 Reading-Course Lesson). While the 

 budding of roses far above ground is 

 allowable for the making of " standards," 

 care should be taken in ordinary 

 propagation to have the bud close to 

 the surface, as illustrated by Beal at the 

 right in Fig. 128. 



Graftage is always a secondary oper- 

 ation. That is, the root or stock must 

 first be grown from seeds, layers or cut- 



. it* 1*1 e i .rIG. IZo. 



tings, and this stock is then grafted or 



Budded roses: 

 too high at left. 



