Grafting

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Across
  1. 2. / This type of grafting is most often used in topworking trees.
  2. 3. / Newly installed shoot or top of the plant.
  3. 6. / All cut surfaces are covered with ______ material.
  4. 10. / Type of union between the scion and rootstock.
  5. 11. / Type of graft used for small material.
  6. 12. / In some cases the rootstock _______ the overall size to which the plant will grow.
  7. 16. / New type of grafting used on roses.
  8. 17. / When grafting, a long, shallow ____ is made on one side of the rootstock.
  9. 18. / Another name for the whip graft.
Down
  1. 1. / Another name for rootstock.
  2. 4. / Grafting is used to rapidly increase the ______ of a desirable plant.
  3. 5. / The rootstock becomes the root ______ of a newly grafted plant.
  4. 6. / A type of waterproofing material.
  5. 7. / Seedling or plant used as the bottom half of the graft.
  6. 8. / Process by which two different plants are united so they grow as one.
  7. 9. / The ideal time to cleft graft.
  8. 13. / Grafting is generally done when the stock and scion are ______.
  9. 14. / While grafting, this must not be allowed to dry out.
  10. 15. / The side _______ method is an effective way to graft evergreens.
  11. 16. / This may be used to tie the new graft to prevent breakage.