154 



Graftage. 



prongs, and has developed a more symmetrical root system. 

 The root system of the budded trees is deeper and more 

 symmetrical because the stocks or roots were longer. Figs. 

 149 and 150 each shou-, beginning at the left, Fallawater, 

 Golden Russet, Hubbardston and Gravenstein apple trees. 



1^0. J\0'jt-i:i ajicd trees. 



Those in Fig. 149 are first-class three-year budded trees 

 from an eastern nursery. Those in Fig. 150 are first-class 

 three-year root-grafted trees from a western mn"sery. The 

 disparity in sizes of short-piece-root trees and budded trees 

 of like actual age, is well seen in Figs. 151 and 152. They 



