NO, NOT FLOWER PLANTS—BUT, GRAFTED FRUIT TREES IN BLOSSOM. (See 
PHOTO BY JOHN GASS OF SCARSDALE, N. Y. 
Dwarf understock when true has such a deciding effect lon the formation of the bearing wood. As a rule, the 
building of a bearing bud takes from two to three years. Here is the story of one year on dwarf stocks. 
The scion wood on these grafts are one year old taken ‘from dwarf McIntoshs’ grafted on Malling No. IX, and 
grafted onto Malling No. VII rootstock. 
These grafts are six weeks old and show the percentage in bloom. We furnished 2000 plants to a scientific 
institution. The purpose of the experiment was other than the testing of bearing buds—but these qualities came 
into relief while probing for other merits. 

