. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 343.—Root-Graft, set out well, withearth compactly pressed against its roots. Fig. 344.—Root-Graft, badly setout, with a cavity below. If the ground is rich and kept perfectly clean, they willgrow from one and a half to two feet the first summer aftergrafting; to three or four feet the second summer; five to sixor seven feet the third summer, when many of them will belarge enough for removal to the orchard, and most of the re-mainder in one year more. Fig. 345.—Dibble. Fig. 346.—Root-Graft ready for setting. Root-grafting is extensively performed in large n
. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 343.—Root-Graft, set out well, withearth compactly pressed against its roots. Fig. 344.—Root-Graft, badly setout, with a cavity below. If the ground is rich and kept perfectly clean, they willgrow from one and a half to two feet the first summer aftergrafting; to three or four feet the second summer; five to sixor seven feet the third summer, when many of them will belarge enough for removal to the orchard, and most of the re-mainder in one year more. Fig. 345.—Dibble. Fig. 346.—Root-Graft ready for setting. Root-grafting is extensively performed in large nurseries;but on unsuitable soils, budding is found the most certain ofsuccess, the buds being rarely destroyed, and only by themost unfavorable winters. The bud remaining dormant thefirst summer, the growth is one year later than on graftedstocks of the same age; but this difference is made up by themore rapid growth of the shoot from the bud, which is usuallytwice as great as that of a graft on the root. To obtain APPL
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