Florida Fruit
Subtitle: Fresh Fruit for the Home - How to Choose and Grow Them
Contributors: Betty M. Maxwell (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Lewis S. Maxwell
Published: January 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780961324056
First sentence: Most fruit plants are propagated by graftage (budding  and grafting) because seedlings do not produce plants exactly like those from which the seeds are taken, they bear fruit sooner than seedlings and because a desired variety (scion variety) can be budded or grafted onto seedlings with root systems (rootstoeks or stocks) resistant to certain soil diseases, insects and nematodes or which are tolerant of such soil conditions as salinity or poor drainage.