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  cut 
  back 
  early 
  would 
  not 
  bleed 
  like 
  the 
  ones 
  you 
  cut 
  when 
  you 
  are 
  

   ready 
  to 
  graft. 
  In 
  grafting 
  we 
  used 
  the 
  wedge 
  graft, 
  splitting 
  

   straight 
  down 
  and 
  placing 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  scions 
  on 
  each 
  limb 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  However 
  the 
  method 
  we 
  like 
  the 
  best 
  is 
  

   the 
  slip 
  bark 
  method, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  had 
  fairly 
  good 
  results 
  with 
  both 
  

   methods. 
  Of 
  the 
  trees 
  we 
  grafted 
  this 
  spring 
  60 
  to 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  

   were 
  grafted 
  from 
  cold 
  storage 
  scions. 
  We 
  used 
  some 
  that 
  had 
  not 
  

   been 
  in 
  cold 
  storage, 
  and 
  we 
  didn't 
  get 
  them 
  to 
  grow. 
  We 
  wax 
  the 
  

   grafts 
  thoroughly 
  and 
  cover 
  them 
  with 
  paper 
  sacks. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  

   use 
  any 
  tying 
  on 
  the 
  large 
  limbs 
  as 
  we 
  don't 
  find 
  it 
  necessary. 
  

   However, 
  we 
  have 
  done 
  more 
  budding 
  than 
  grafting 
  in 
  top 
  working 
  

   large 
  trees 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  surer, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  fairly 
  

   successful 
  with 
  both. 
  For 
  budding 
  we 
  cut 
  them 
  back 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   if 
  we 
  were 
  going 
  to 
  graft. 
  We 
  let 
  the 
  sprouts 
  grow 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  July 
  or 
  first 
  or 
  middle 
  of 
  August, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  let 
  them 
  

   go 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  September. 
  Then 
  they 
  are 
  ready 
  for 
  bud- 
  

   ding. 
  We 
  follow 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  method 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  demonstrated. 
  

   In 
  working 
  large 
  trees 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  important 
  that 
  you 
  keep 
  all 
  cuts 
  

   waxed 
  thoroughly 
  with 
  grafting 
  wax. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Have 
  you 
  had 
  this 
  experience, 
  that 
  English 
  wal- 
  

   nuts 
  will 
  produce 
  female 
  blooms 
  before 
  they 
  do 
  the 
  male 
  blooms? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  We 
  haven't 
  had 
  them 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  determine 
  that 
  

   clearly. 
  We 
  have 
  eight 
  trees 
  and 
  four 
  of 
  them 
  produced 
  pistillate 
  

   blooms 
  and 
  we 
  had 
  to 
  bring 
  pollen 
  to 
  pollenize 
  them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  have 
  your 
  sprouts 
  almost 
  where 
  

   you 
  want 
  them 
  by 
  taking 
  the 
  sharp 
  end 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  file 
  and 
  dressing 
  

   the 
  bark 
  carefully. 
  The 
  buds 
  are 
  more 
  apt 
  to 
  come 
  there 
  than 
  

   anywhere. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  We 
  sometimes 
  lose 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  shoots 
  from 
  storms. 
  

   One 
  tree 
  was 
  budded 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  ago 
  and 
  that 
  storm 
  about 
  

   ten 
  days 
  ago 
  broke 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  What 
  time 
  did 
  you 
  say 
  to 
  bud 
  the 
  black 
  walnut? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  About 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  August, 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July 
  

   to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August, 
  as 
  a 
  rule. 
  We 
  are 
  budding 
  some 
  yet. 
  

   That 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  wood; 
  do 
  it 
  when 
  the 
  wood 
  is 
  ripe 
  enough. 
  

   We 
  are 
  holding 
  back 
  on 
  some 
  now 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  wood 
  ripe 
  enough, 
  and 
  

   as 
  fast 
  as 
  they 
  get 
  ripe 
  enough 
  we 
  bud 
  them. 
  You 
  can 
  bud 
  them 
  

   late 
  if 
  you 
  cut 
  them 
  back 
  freely 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  smooth 
  with 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  Then 
  your 
  buds 
  will 
  take 
  much 
  more 
  rapidly 
  because 
  

   you 
  have 
  the 
  sap. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Have 
  you 
  had 
  the 
  best 
  success 
  when 
  you 
  cut 
  

   your 
  trees 
  back 
  in 
  the 
  pruning 
  season? 
  In 
  slip 
  bark 
  grafting 
  there 
  

  

  