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[lee sharp <sharplr@yahoo.com>]

Hi Rodney, 
 One thing Tom forgot to tell you is that grafting is
so easy that it happens more than one would think in
nature just as a result of two limbs crossing. I have
seen this more than once with pear trees.

Lee Sharp
--- Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net> wrote:
> Hi Rodney,
> 
> I wrote you privately, but I wanted to say this
> publicly.
> 
> Grafting is easy.  Grafting is simple.  Man has done
> it for thousands of years with the simplest of
> tools.  Yes, it can sound daunting and complicated,
> but it isn't.
> 
> Start simple and work your way up.  Start with
> inexpensive (free) rootsock and scion.  Use a sharp
> pocket knife.  Collect long fat rubber bands.  Get a
> couple of trees under you belt and you will
> wonder why you hesitated.
> 
> If I wrote a few thousand words telling you how to
> do the "dog paddle", I am sure you would be
> confused in minutes, and swear off swimming for
> life.  But if I got you in a pond for 5 minutes you
> would be beating me in a race across the pond.
> 
> Dive into grafting.  Use what you have around or in
> the junk drawer.  Hey, what you have in your
> junk drawer would be "magic" to those ancient
> gardeners, and they could graft.
> 
> You can do it.  Honest.
> 
> Later,
> Tom
> 
>

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