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Record 1 1998-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
CONT

At one time seedlings of Apples of all kinds (were) used as stocks upon which scions of cultivated varieties could be grown. This has almost entirely ceased since the use of such "free" stocks was liable to produce trees of variable vigour, for the seedlings themselves so vary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Key term(s)
  • égrin

Spanish

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