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    The Manual of Plant Grafting, Practical techniques for ornamentals, vegetables and fruit. Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Timber Press
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    Pages: 232 Illustrations and other contents: 186 color photos, 26 illustrat ISBN: 9781604694635 Category:

    This authoritative, practical guide describes the latest plant grafting techniques for students, professionals and enthusiastic amateurs. Author Peter MacDonald puts the latest grafting practices in the context of historical techniques, and clarifies the reasons for grafting plants. He explains the science behind the process in order to help readers understand what happens when plants graft and how to become successful grafters. Peter also demonstrates the main grafting processes and follows this with a chart of selected plants that indicates which process to use for each.

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    Peter T. MacDonald taught plant propagation and nursery stock production at Scotland’s Rural College. His research focused on propagation techniques and the formulation of growing media. He now delivers workshops on grafting an propagation to colleges in Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland, and horticultural societies. He is a member of the International Plant Propagators’ Society and the chair of the Scottish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture.