﻿80 
  

  

  EARTH 
  BED. 
  

  

  Jan. 
  14. 
  10 
  Moneymaker 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  8 
  alive 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  10 
  ]\Ioneymaker 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  waxed 
  4 
  alive 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  Feb. 
  14. 
  10 
  JMantiira 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  8 
  alive 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  15 
  Moneymaker 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  11 
  alive 
  in 
  May. 
  

   Mar. 
  8. 
  33 
  Stuart 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  20 
  alive 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  30 
  Stuart 
  on 
  Indiana 
  piece 
  roots, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  15 
  alive 
  in 
  IVIay. 
  

  

  Totals 
  108 
  66 
  

  

  DECAYED 
  SAWDUST. 
  

  

  Feb. 
  14. 
  25 
  ^Mantura 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  6 
  alive 
  in 
  ]\Iay. 
  

  

  Mar. 
  8. 
  12 
  Stuart 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  12 
  alive 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  23 
  Stuart 
  on 
  Indiana 
  stocks, 
  not 
  waxed. 
  21 
  alive 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  Totals 
  60 
  - 
  39 
  

  

  These 
  figures 
  show 
  that 
  61 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  1)ed 
  and 
  

   65 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  decayed 
  sawdust, 
  were 
  alive 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  

   taken 
  up 
  early 
  in 
  May. 
  Some 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  growth 
  of 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  

   eight 
  inches 
  and 
  were 
  fine 
  little 
  trees. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  transplanted 
  grafts 
  

   were 
  set 
  in 
  nursery 
  rows 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  succumbed 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   drought 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  CONCLUSIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  season 
  was 
  so 
  extremely 
  dry 
  that 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  planting 
  root 
  

   grafts 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  made 
  did 
  not 
  prove 
  successful. 
  However, 
  work 
  done 
  

   in 
  other 
  years 
  indicated 
  that 
  in 
  normal 
  seasons 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  

   considerable 
  success. 
  Placing 
  the 
  grafts 
  in 
  a 
  greenhouse 
  either 
  in 
  earth 
  

   or 
  decayed 
  sawdust 
  gave 
  encouraging 
  results, 
  but 
  when 
  transplanted 
  

   in 
  the 
  nursery 
  the 
  grafts 
  could 
  not 
  withstand 
  the 
  unusually 
  dry 
  and 
  

   hot 
  weather. 
  The 
  black 
  walnut 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  Per- 
  

   sian 
  walnut 
  and 
  two 
  buds 
  to 
  the 
  cion 
  are 
  required. 
  Grafting 
  wax 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  used 
  if 
  the 
  union 
  of 
  cion 
  and 
  stock 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  

   earth 
  ; 
  this 
  point 
  was 
  clearly 
  proven 
  in 
  previous 
  years. 
  

  

  [The 
  foregoing 
  paper, 
  read 
  by 
  title, 
  was 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  a 
  verbal 
  

   report 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Lake, 
  who 
  said 
  further:] 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Close 
  performed 
  considerable 
  Avork 
  in 
  topgraftiug 
  and 
  bud- 
  

   ding 
  on 
  three 
  and 
  four 
  year 
  old 
  stocks. 
  The 
  top 
  grafts 
  Avere 
  a 
  failure. 
  

   The 
  buds 
  survived, 
  and 
  were 
  in 
  good, 
  strong 
  condition 
  October 
  fifteenth. 
  

   That 
  was 
  on 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  and 
  pecan, 
  about 
  half 
  and 
  half. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomerov 
  : 
  Did 
  he 
  bud 
  on 
  black 
  walnut 
  stock? 
  

  

  