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  as 
  many 
  as 
  three 
  grafts. 
  In 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  cases 
  we 
  lost 
  all, 
  and 
  in 
  

   some 
  cases 
  we 
  lost 
  two. 
  I 
  tried 
  also 
  bench 
  or 
  root 
  grafting, 
  and 
  

   put 
  in 
  about 
  fifty 
  along 
  about 
  December, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  took 
  them 
  out 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring, 
  the 
  scion 
  had 
  covered 
  up 
  nicely, 
  but 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  

   dry 
  spell, 
  and 
  through 
  lack 
  of 
  attention, 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  anything 
  else, 
  

   we 
  didn't 
  get 
  a 
  graft 
  to 
  pull 
  through. 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  try 
  the 
  same 
  

   thing 
  this 
  year. 
  Along 
  in 
  July 
  I 
  took 
  several 
  cuttings 
  and 
  put 
  in, 
  

   and 
  out 
  of 
  ten 
  I 
  got 
  one 
  to 
  live. 
  One 
  proved 
  successful 
  in 
  the 
  soft 
  

   wood 
  and 
  this 
  coming 
  year 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  hard 
  wood 
  

   kinds 
  to 
  pull 
  through. 
  

  

  In 
  grafting 
  I 
  always 
  try 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  cuts 
  as 
  smooth 
  as 
  possible 
  and 
  

   to 
  make 
  them 
  in 
  one 
  cut, 
  because 
  if 
  you 
  make 
  a 
  second 
  cut 
  you 
  are 
  

   bound 
  to 
  make 
  some 
  unevenness 
  in 
  it. 
  These 
  cambium 
  layers 
  have 
  

   to 
  fit 
  right 
  up 
  flush 
  with 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  bark. 
  Then 
  we 
  usually 
  

   wrap 
  them 
  in 
  raffia. 
  We 
  used 
  also 
  what 
  Professor 
  Lake 
  called 
  a 
  

   bark 
  graft. 
  

  

  We 
  got 
  about 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  those 
  to 
  live. 
  We 
  had 
  better 
  success 
  

   with 
  the 
  cleft 
  graft 
  and 
  the 
  side 
  graft. 
  In 
  cutting 
  the 
  scion 
  for 
  

   this 
  side 
  graft 
  I 
  usually 
  cut 
  one 
  side 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  I 
  do 
  the 
  

   other 
  which 
  makes 
  the 
  scion 
  lie 
  closer 
  to 
  the 
  stock. 
  We 
  leave 
  the 
  

   top 
  on. 
  You 
  can 
  put 
  several 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  those 
  stocks. 
  

  

  We 
  were 
  pretty 
  successful 
  with 
  that 
  sort 
  of 
  a 
  graft. 
  For 
  my 
  

   own 
  personal 
  use, 
  I 
  like 
  this 
  graft 
  for 
  walnuts, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  we 
  will 
  

   eventually 
  have 
  better 
  success 
  with 
  that 
  than 
  with 
  any 
  other 
  type. 
  

  

  We 
  put 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  grafts 
  in 
  I 
  think 
  about 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  

   of 
  June 
  or 
  July. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  afraid 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  top 
  off 
  before 
  the 
  scion 
  has 
  started 
  

   to 
  grow. 
  There 
  is 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  sap 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  scion 
  to 
  take 
  

   up 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  consequence 
  it 
  drowns 
  out 
  the 
  scion. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  How 
  far 
  toward 
  the 
  center 
  did 
  you 
  make 
  the 
  

   cut? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rhodes 
  : 
  About 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  through. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  You 
  go 
  past 
  the 
  middle 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rhodes 
  : 
  Yes. 
  The 
  only 
  thing 
  you 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  careful 
  of 
  is 
  

   not 
  to 
  cut 
  too 
  far, 
  as 
  then 
  there 
  is 
  danger 
  of 
  breaking 
  off. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones 
  : 
  Do 
  you 
  have 
  any 
  particular 
  length 
  for 
  the. 
  cut 
  on 
  

   the 
  scion 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rhodes 
  : 
  No. 
  A 
  great 
  deal 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  cut 
  you 
  make 
  

   into 
  the 
  stock. 
  I 
  don't 
  like 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  scion 
  anj'- 
  further 
  up 
  than 
  

   the 
  depth 
  we 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  stock 
  wood. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones 
  : 
  Any 
  other 
  rule 
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