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Plants with desirable root characteristics but with undesirable products may be used to produce desirable products for example lemon-orange graft.
They facilitate the changing of the top of the tree from being undesirable to desirable
They make it possible to grow more than one type of fruit or flower on the same plant.
They help to propagate clones that cannot be propagated in any other way.
They help to shorten the maturity period.
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