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  A 
  COMPARISON 
  OF 
  NORTHERN 
  AND 
  SOUTHERN 
  CON- 
  

   DITIONS 
  IN 
  THE 
  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  NUT 
  TREES 
  

  

  J. 
  F. 
  Jones, 
  Lancaster, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  I 
  shall 
  not 
  try 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  whole 
  subject 
  of 
  propagation 
  or 
  de- 
  

   scribe 
  methods 
  of 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting, 
  as 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  covered 
  by- 
  

   others 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  to 
  have 
  demonstrations 
  of 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting, 
  

   which 
  are 
  far 
  ahead 
  of 
  any 
  descriptions 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  given. 
  I 
  will 
  

   try 
  to 
  compare 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  South 
  and 
  give 
  some 
  of 
  

   my 
  experience 
  with 
  the 
  problems 
  that 
  have 
  confronted 
  us. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  results 
  with 
  the 
  pecan, 
  

   either 
  by 
  budding 
  or 
  grafting, 
  under 
  northern 
  conditions. 
  With 
  

   good 
  scions 
  'and 
  good 
  stocks 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  nearly, 
  if 
  not 
  

   quite, 
  as 
  good 
  results 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  as 
  we 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  in 
  

   Florida 
  or 
  Louisiana. 
  The 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  also 
  quite 
  satis- 
  

   factory. 
  From 
  dormant 
  buds 
  on 
  good 
  stocks 
  we 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  

   growth 
  of 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  feet 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  and 
  six 
  to 
  seven 
  

   feet 
  is 
  not 
  unusual. 
  The 
  growth 
  is 
  also 
  quite 
  stocky 
  and 
  altogether 
  

   very 
  satisfactory. 
  Any. 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  propagation 
  as 
  practiced 
  

   on 
  the 
  pecan 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  are 
  successful 
  in 
  the 
  North, 
  but 
  bud- 
  

   ding 
  by 
  the 
  patch 
  method 
  has 
  given 
  us 
  the 
  best 
  results. 
  Grafting 
  is 
  

   quite 
  successful 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  live 
  or 
  stand 
  is 
  concerned, 
  but, 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  our 
  shorter 
  growing 
  season, 
  the 
  growth 
  is 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  

   satisfactory 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  dormant 
  bud 
  which, 
  being 
  set 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  summer, 
  is 
  ready 
  to 
  start 
  quickly 
  into 
  growth 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  

   and 
  gets 
  the 
  full 
  benefit 
  of 
  our 
  shorter 
  growing 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  shagbark 
  hickory 
  is 
  essentially 
  a 
  northern 
  tree 
  and 
  can 
  only 
  

   be 
  propagated 
  satisfactorily 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  In 
  Florida 
  and 
  Louis- 
  

   iana 
  we 
  could 
  graft 
  the 
  shagbark 
  on 
  pecan 
  stocks 
  with 
  fairly 
  satis- 
  

   factory 
  results, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  live 
  or 
  stand 
  was 
  concerned, 
  but 
  the 
  

   tree 
  did 
  not 
  take 
  kindly 
  to 
  the 
  climate 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Coast 
  and 
  made 
  

   little 
  growth, 
  a 
  number 
  dying 
  out 
  altogether 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  

   years 
  after 
  being 
  grafted. 
  We 
  have 
  never 
  gotten 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  

   results 
  from 
  grafting 
  the 
  shagbark 
  with 
  scions 
  taken 
  from 
  old, 
  bear- 
  

   ing 
  trees, 
  but 
  with 
  good 
  scions 
  from 
  young 
  thrifty 
  trees, 
  the 
  shag- 
  

   bark 
  may 
  be 
  grafted 
  with 
  fairly 
  satisfactory 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  

   states. 
  From 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  growth, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  practical 
  to 
  bud 
  the 
  

   shagbark 
  by 
  the 
  annular 
  or 
  patch 
  bud 
  methods 
  as 
  practiced 
  so 
  

  

  