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- ancient technique
- practiced as early as 1,000 BC
- employed widely by the Romans centuries later
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- two different plants are united so they grow together as one
- Scion - top - vegetative part
- Stock - bottom - root part
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- Rapidly increase the number of plants
- give plants stronger more disease resistant roots
- cause dwarfing
- top working - grafting many different varieties to the limbs of one tree
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- Topwork a large tree. This is
done by grafting a different, usually improved variety to many limbs of
the tree.
- insert different variety for cross pollination
- propagate plants difficult to bud
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- compatibility
- must be related to each other to enable the stock and scion to grow
together
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- Scion wood
- one year old
- vigorous growth
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- Timing
- stock and scion should be dormant or have no leaves
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- cambium of two matched plant parts must come in close contact with each
other
- cambium cannot be allowed to dry out
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10
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- immediately after making graft, cut surfaces must be covered with a
waterproof grafting compound
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Notes
