Across
- 1. a tract of land where grapes are grown
- 3. a grouping of a number of similar things
- 5. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- 7. a shoot or twig, esp. one cut for grafting or planting
- 8. the process of cutting off unwanted branches
- 10. a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay
- 11. the soft moist part of fruit.
Down
- 2. the bottom portion (root system) of a grafted plant
- 4. composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
- 6. a specialized threadlike part of a leaf or stem that attaches climbing plants to a support
- 9. to unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact