﻿no 
  

  

  but 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  graft 
  pecans 
  and 
  walnuts 
  with 
  

   very 
  short 
  scions. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  have 
  caught 
  chestnuts 
  with 
  one 
  bud, 
  but 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  want 
  more 
  food 
  and 
  you've 
  got 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  lot 
  in 
  the 
  scion. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Have 
  you 
  used 
  that 
  with 
  pecans 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Yes 
  sir, 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  our 
  method 
  of 
  propagation. 
  

  

  After 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  had 
  given 
  further 
  illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  process 
  

   of 
  grafting, 
  the 
  convention 
  adjourned. 
  

  

  SOME 
  PERSIAN 
  WALNUT 
  OBSERVATIONS, 
  EXPERI- 
  

   MENTS 
  AND 
  RESULTS 
  FOR 
  1912 
  

  

  E. 
  R. 
  Lake, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  The 
  Arlington 
  work 
  for 
  1912 
  in 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  Per- 
  

   sian 
  walnut 
  consisted 
  in 
  top-grafting 
  three 
  and 
  four 
  year 
  old 
  

   nursery 
  stock 
  by 
  several 
  methods, 
  as 
  ordinary 
  cleft, 
  side 
  cleft, 
  

   bark 
  cleft, 
  prong, 
  whip 
  and 
  modified 
  forms 
  of 
  these. 
  For 
  wrap- 
  

   ping 
  we 
  tried 
  bicycle 
  tape, 
  waxed 
  cord 
  and 
  cloth, 
  with 
  wax 
  and 
  

   plasticine 
  for 
  covering. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  first 
  

   part 
  of 
  May. 
  The 
  stocks 
  averaged 
  from 
  | 
  to 
  Ij 
  inches 
  diam- 
  

   eter, 
  and 
  were 
  cut 
  off 
  from 
  16 
  to 
  30 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  cases 
  bark 
  grafting 
  by 
  modified 
  whip 
  form 
  

   was 
  performed 
  upon 
  the 
  branches 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  4 
  feet. 
  

  

  Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  from 
  June 
  12th 
  to 
  August 
  25th 
  buds 
  were 
  

   placed 
  by 
  varying 
  methods. 
  In 
  the 
  earlier 
  instances 
  the 
  buds 
  

   were 
  taken 
  from 
  left-over 
  grafting 
  stock. 
  Of 
  the 
  scion 
  wood 
  

   received 
  last 
  year 
  all 
  the 
  wood 
  from 
  Eastern 
  growers 
  was 
  frost 
  

   bitten 
  and 
  wholly 
  failed 
  to 
  take 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  exceptions. 
  

  

  The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  wood 
  was 
  received 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition 
  

   and 
  operations 
  with 
  it 
  were 
  gratifying, 
  especially 
  with 
  the 
  ordin- 
  

   ary 
  cleft 
  graft, 
  and 
  patch 
  bud. 
  

  

  Next 
  year's 
  work 
  in 
  grafting 
  will 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  cleft, 
  

   and 
  the 
  bark-whip 
  processes. 
  This 
  latter 
  is 
  very 
  simple 
  and 
  

   under 
  careful 
  treatment 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  convenient 
  and 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  process. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  budding 
  operations 
  we 
  resorted 
  to 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  meth- 
  

   ods 
  largely 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  information 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  

   practice, 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  for 
  the 
  returns 
  in 
  propagated 
  trees. 
  

  

  