Show FRUIT TREES FROM CUTTINGS we have never neve ar been able to see what great advantage would be gained by being able to raise fruit trees from cuttin cuttings s immersed I 1 ner ed simply into the soil over the common practice rac tie of first inserting the cutting into a portion of root and known as root grafting the former being uncertain at best the latter when well done never tailing failing of success there is however a method of treating I 1 cutting not entirely new which has been I 1 tron stron riv lv tec recommended amended in in some of the european journals journal which may be highly useful in propagating some kinds kind of trees and sh shrubs nib and under tinder favorable circumstances may be adapted to 0 o grapes quinces and some other sorts of fruit it consists simple in bending a long cutting into the form of a letter n in inverted the two limbs being immersed into mellow soil and leaving one good but at the bent suin mt at ai the surface of the soil in this way the cut end instead st ead of be becoming comin w the seat of dryness dry nesa by evaporation from the open pores is shielded below by contact with the moist earth A cut surface at th the end will throw on moisture several times faster than the pores through h the surface of the bark and hence the advantage of this method if desired one of the arms armi may mav be cut off and removed aate the cattin cutting is well tooted or two made of each on ca cultivator r |