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PROPAGAT10N BY IZUDDING AND GRAFTING 163
to afterward to prevwt the entrance of injurious insects ant1 fungous
diseases, the tree may apparently be as strong and producti\~(~ as its uniiljrircd
neighbor. Scme trees, however, will never seem to recover wholly
from the injury, and unless bridge-grafting is very carefully
done, a high pcrwntage of the trees so treated
cannot be espectecl to live. The esserltial point to keep
in mind is that, tlic cmnbiuiii layers of the &is inust
be held in contact with the carnbiwn lagers of the stock,
both ahove and lwlow the girdled part, until union
takes place.”
0ssiMc Altlrougli this method of
grafting is Ilot. so (~mlrnuld)~ used as others, it still possesses
some decided advmtages for grape viues. It is a much simpler