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the roots. In Europe inarching is also mnch used by ama- 

 teurs in filling in naked spaces, in peach- and nectarine- 

 trees. Even on vines mammoth bunches of grapes are 

 formed by inarching bunches together, often of different 

 colors of fruit. This, under glass, is done as soon as 

 the berries are set. 



55. Long Scion Inarching. — Like inarching, this will 

 only be practised on the home grounds. Fig. 23 gives 



Fig. 23. — Long scion inarching. 



Fig. 34. — Long scion with 

 lower end in water. 



the method of doing the work. A scion eighteen to 

 twenty inches long is used with one end stuck into the 

 soil and near the top it is grafted on the stock by inserting 

 a wedge at the top of the stock into an upward cut two 

 thirds of the way through the scion. The long scion, 

 with lower end in. the soil, holds moisture while the union 



