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tings of more solid wood two or three years old if 

 the latter is well endowed with buds. Cuttings from 

 limbs that are already in bearing will fruit more 

 quickly than cuttings from water sprouts or internal 

 shoots that are struggling for position. 



Cuttings for immediate scion grafting consist of 

 wood that is not of the season's growth, unless the 

 latter is well matured. Nearly all of the growth of 

 the year is to be trimmed away. Although some of 

 the small buds of the season's growth will occasion- 

 ally start, we depend upon dormant buds that have 

 held over from a previous season for our best re- 

 sults in immediate scion grafting. These old buds 

 unfold first as a rule in cases in which we have left 

 some of the buds of the season's growth. The rea- 

 son for this is probably that a certain resting period 

 is required for the bud in accordance with its estab- 

 lished physiology. 



Immediate bud grafting is different from imme- 

 diate scion grafting in that it includes the idea of a 

 bud resting until the following season. Bud grafts 

 may be cut to advantage in late summer from the 

 growth of the season and when inserted they are to 

 "lie over" until spring. Immediate scion grafting, 

 on the other hand, includes the idea of having the 

 scion start off into growth in the same season and 

 for that reason it is replaced by bud grafting in the 

 late season. 



The matter of preservation of scions for mediate 

 grafting is one requiring a considerable degree of 

 experience. If scions are cut in early winter we 



