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I'LANT i'KOl'AGAllON 



siclered a difficult one, Ijecause the former is deciduous, 

 the latter evergreen. 



Daniel, the author, concludes from his experiments 

 that: 1. Mixed graftage should be used with plants pre- 

 senting marked difTerences, as between evergreen and 

 deciduous subjects; 2, the stock does not influence the 



FIG. 201— GRAFT-PLANTING METHODS 



A, planting with dibble; D, dibble pushing soil against craft f; I), position of 

 dibble for ne.xt thrust of soil; S, loose soil in bottom of hole; B, planting in 

 trenches. 



cion as much as in ordinary graftage ; o, such character- 

 istics as may be attriliutcd to enx-ironment (height, vigor, 

 resistance to parasites, etc.) are affected less In- the stock 

 also; but, 4, characteristics peculiar to the varict\ of the 

 stock (flavor, form of fruit, color of flowers, etc.) mix 

 with those of the cion much more readily by this metlior! 

 than by the ordinary methods. 



331. End-to-end grafting, a new and not fully tested 



