Bul. 974, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE We 
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The illustration shows how much cutting wood may be produced in a single year from a budded 
plant. By using all this new growth for rebudding, the selected variety could be propa- 
gated on a still larger scale. Photographed August 3, when the plant was 32 inches high. 
After that date it made much further growth and a correspondingly larger amount of wood 
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FIRST YEAR’S GROWTH FROM FIVE INSERTED BUDs. | 
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for cuttings. 
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