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entire or headed down at the time of grafting : and may be 

 grafted either close to the ground or at some distance from it, 

 under the surface of the soil or above it. 



Cutting -Grafting on a Low Stem. 

 There are two principal methods based on the previous 



Cutting-Grafting. 



amputation of the stem or otherwise. Here the stock is 

 shortened to within 4 inches or 8 inches from the neck. We 

 then take a scion-branch of sufficient length that when its 

 extremity is buried in the soil as a cutting, close to the stock, 

 it may be grafted on the stock, and have a couple of buds 



