Used as a rootstock for grafted plants, quince has the property of dwarfing the growth of pears, of forcing them to produce more precociously, and relatively more fruit-bearing branches, instead of vegetative growth, ...
Rootstock - is the root system and main stem to be used as the base of a new tree when propagating through grafting.
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Scion - A woody stem or small section of a tree or shrub used to propagate a new plant by grafting on a rootstock. The scion holds the characteristics of the new plant; - the root stock enables it to grow quickly.
the roots of seedling or clonal rootstocks serve as under-stock (Fig. 7). If the whole root is used, it is termed whole root grafting and if a piece is used it is piece root grafting.
Budding is usually done at ground level, and often times the rootstock will send up shoots from below the bud union.
on top of the rootstock.
Shakan
A traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called slanting. Where the trees'
trunk, appears similar to the formal upright style, but the trunk is slanting
to one side.
Shari ...
Grafting: T-budding and wedge grafting are used for cultivars which root poorly or when rootstock use is warranted. T-budding is done in spring when bark is slipping on rootstocks propagated the previous year from seed or cuttings.
It is almost always better to have a plant on its own roots than grafted to a rootstock.
The Red leafed cultivars of the Japanese maple (Acer Palmatum), are usually grafted onto normal (green leafed) rootstock, as they don't do well on their own roots.
White pines are frequently grafted onto the more vigorous Black pine/ Pinus thunbergii rootstock to improve vigour and growth-rate.
 See also: Graft, Stock, Tree, Plant, Growing
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