TRIMMING OF ROOTS
The roots of many new trees and shrubs require trimming before planting to remove broken or toolong ones, or perhaps to provide a better balance between top and bottom growth particularly if it has been pruned. It is also practised to stimulate growth, 1 and 2 untrimmed, 3 trimmed. 4: Most fruit trees have been grafted or budded—the desired variety (the scion) has been worked on to a rootstock (the stock). A rootstock is used to perpetuate a desirable characteristic such as dwarfing, disease resistance or perhaps suitability for a particular soil. It is important to keep the scion above ground level to avoid the chance that it may otherwise root.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32314, 4 June 1970, Page 7
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