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143 TIlE Ai URSERY-iilANIi.+~L
matter of habit. The question has practically passed its contr~vtrsial
stage.
I’robably the method of propagation - whether by bud or
graft - is not the important factor. ‘I’luz test ttirils on the
size of roots in the grafting process and the method
of trimming the stock ; and tlw greater Iumber of
~rlur~ipulntionss the roots receive in the grafting operation
rwty have some signifkwce. A whole-root
grnftrcl tree sl~o~a,lcl be ct,rnparable witlt a budded
tree, the wtire root system (or practically so) being
used in both cases. When it conies
to piece-roots, the questim resolves
itself into the sizes of the
pieces, tlwir age, whether from
young slw 11 i ng stock or from older
trees, whether the pieces arc used
rwrcly as nurses wtil the ciorl
i~t~~m~t~~~ own-rooted. lik certain
espcrirnents, the Ike-roots have
gi\-Pll hcttcr tlccv~uIIt~ of tlIeIIEx~l\x~s
ill after years than tlie wll~jle
roots ; in other tests the reverse
has becr1 the (‘OII-
(tltl(lt’ tllilt tilt? ~~llolc~ root is pl’c’f-
FIG. 1CN. erallJ1~1 to tllc pitw-root, otlw1