NO, NOT FLOWER PLANTS — BUT, GRAFTED FRUIT TREES IN BLOSSOM. (See below) 
PHOTO BY JOHN GASS OF SCARSDALE, N. Y. 
Dwarf understock when true has such a deciding effect on 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 2,000 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. 
