PREPARING SOIL AND PROPAGATING 4! 



ually exposed to full sunlight and air. If it 

 is desired to graft more than one variety on 

 to one stock, the stocks must be "stopped" 

 when they are about three inches high. 

 (The process of stopping is fully described 

 in Chapter IV). If more than two or three 

 varieties are to be grown on one stock, 

 the stock must be stopped again; as many 

 shoots must be produced as the number 

 of varieties desired. When the shoots from 

 the last stopping have made a growth of 

 six inches, proceed as before described. 

 To graft a standard the stem must be 

 grown to the desired height and then grafted 

 with a single scion, or the stem may 

 be stopped and the resulting branches 

 grafted, as in the process previously 

 described. 



A large globe, a bell glass, or even a large 

 fruit jar may be placed over the head of 

 the standard, and supported from below, 

 to produce the conditions of moisture and 

 heat, care being exercised that the matter 

 be not overdone. Some years ago a writer 

 gave an account in one of the English 

 horticultural publications of the wonderful 

 results obtained by grafting the large- 



