﻿HI 
  

  

  However, 
  for 
  1913 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  propagating 
  for 
  stock 
  re- 
  

   sults 
  we 
  shall 
  confine 
  our 
  practice 
  to 
  the 
  patch 
  method, 
  though 
  

   we 
  may 
  find 
  from 
  later 
  tests 
  that 
  the 
  hinge 
  method 
  so 
  favorably- 
  

   looked 
  upon 
  by 
  Oregon 
  is 
  better 
  suited 
  to 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Various 
  experiments 
  with 
  tying 
  material 
  were 
  tried. 
  Raffia, 
  

   cotton 
  cord, 
  waxed 
  cloth 
  and 
  bicycle 
  tape 
  were 
  used. 
  The 
  raffia 
  

   and 
  cord 
  gave 
  best 
  results. 
  A 
  tight 
  tie 
  is 
  needed. 
  

  

  June-budding 
  from 
  the 
  left-over 
  graft-wood 
  gave 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  

   percentage 
  of 
  "takes." 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  buds 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  drowned. 
  

   Buds 
  from 
  the 
  current 
  year's 
  growth 
  inserted 
  from 
  early 
  to 
  

   middle 
  of 
  August 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  apparently 
  in 
  good 
  dormant 
  

   condition. 
  

  

  Some 
  July 
  buds 
  from 
  the 
  left-over 
  graft-wood 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   younger 
  branches 
  of 
  a 
  twelve 
  year 
  old 
  American 
  black 
  took 
  well 
  

   and 
  made 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  six 
  inches 
  growth. 
  The 
  branches 
  were 
  

   cut 
  back 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  buds 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  set, 
  a 
  course 
  that 
  

   would 
  not 
  be 
  advocated 
  if 
  one 
  were 
  doing 
  the 
  work 
  for 
  re-topping. 
  

   The 
  young 
  wood 
  from 
  these 
  buds 
  is 
  delicate 
  and 
  soft 
  and 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  insure 
  their 
  living 
  through 
  the 
  winter, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  our 
  

   efforts 
  may 
  avail, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  enclosed 
  in 
  strong 
  paper 
  bags. 
  

   In 
  our 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting 
  operations 
  we 
  had 
  no 
  success 
  with 
  

   the 
  Japanese 
  or 
  Chinese 
  stocks. 
  We 
  expect 
  to 
  try 
  them 
  further 
  

   as 
  their 
  rapid 
  growth 
  makes 
  them 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  desired 
  if 
  a 
  per- 
  

   manent 
  union 
  can 
  be 
  effected. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   learn 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  propagators 
  who 
  have 
  worked 
  along 
  

   this 
  line, 
  no 
  difficulty 
  has 
  been 
  encountered 
  in 
  effecting 
  a 
  short- 
  

   life 
  union, 
  — 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  years 
  on 
  an 
  average, 
  though 
  a 
  few 
  have 
  

   kept 
  alive 
  for 
  twelve 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  successful 
  grafts 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  variable. 
  

   In 
  several 
  instances 
  in 
  which 
  both 
  scions 
  upon 
  a 
  stock 
  grew, 
  the 
  

   growth 
  was 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  feet. 
  In 
  other 
  cases 
  the 
  young 
  

   wood 
  was 
  scarcely 
  a 
  foot 
  long. 
  

  

  The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  stocks 
  and 
  scion-wood 
  varied 
  widely 
  in 
  

   size 
  and 
  vigor 
  and 
  the 
  further 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  scions 
  were 
  from 
  

   several 
  varieties 
  of 
  western 
  stock 
  are 
  quite 
  sufficient 
  causes 
  for 
  

   no 
  uniform 
  results 
  in 
  this 
  respect. 
  

  

  The 
  wood 
  of 
  all 
  successful 
  grafts 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  excellent 
  

   condition 
  for 
  the 
  winter 
  season 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  looking 
  forward 
  to 
  an 
  

   interesting 
  further 
  growth 
  of 
  these 
  next 
  year, 
  though 
  the 
  trees 
  

   have 
  just 
  been 
  transplanted. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  doubly 
  insure 
  our- 
  

   selves 
  against 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  now 
  growing 
  one 
  half, 
  or 
  even 
  

   more 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  instances, 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  wood 
  has 
  been 
  removed 
  

  

  