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Page 109 · DO #480 · 204_Popenoe_Bx34FF50r
- Collection
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Wilson Popenoe (1892–1975) family papers
- Item/Folder
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Various manuscripts, memoranda, notes; English, Spanish & French ; typed and handwritten, n.d.
- Digital Object
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DO #480,
page 109
- Collection-level dates
- 1882–1975
Page transcription
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of grafting. Chip budding, which
amounts to veneer grafting with a
shield bud on very young rootstocks,
was considered promising at one
time.
Other techniques have been developed
in Florida, the West Indies and elsewhere.
The veneer graft has largely
superseded all these because it
has given
such excellent results in tropical
America that it is the only one which
will be recommended here.
Its advantages are: (1) It has been more
uniformly successful than other grafts,
and (2) In case of a failure, the
rootstock can be re-grafted, which is
not the case with the crown-graft or
certain others are employed.
The production of grafted mango
nursery stock is not as easy as
the production of Citrus or avocados.
That is to say; much more attention
must be given to certain details. In
The first place, rootstocks must be
in just the right condition - free of
