| Show future apple trees Tree will sWill grow from own roots washington apple trees of the future breaking precedent with apple appie trees of today may grow on their own roots experiments conducted by united states department ol of agriculture scientists indicate government experimenters have succeeded in inducing stem cuttings of desirable varieties of apples to send out roots dr F E gardner in charge ot of nursery stock investigation for the bureau of plant industry reports in the past the apple tree has been an assembled article with the fruit producing part grafted on to a common rootstock root stock such as the french crab variety this was vas necessary because seedlings do not produce true to variety and because cuttings of stem tissues would not take root springtime taping of the growing root with black tape right up to the growing tip or enclosing the shoot in a black tube so changes the shoot that it will take root when removed from the tree in the tall fall it is only necessary to make the basal cut doctor gardner declares before planting |
