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  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  experiment, 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  try 
  budding 
  both 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   and 
  walnut 
  by 
  this 
  method 
  the 
  present 
  season, 
  but 
  I 
  don't 
  expect 
  

   any 
  results 
  from 
  walnut 
  buds 
  set 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  For 
  the 
  information 
  

   of 
  those 
  who 
  may 
  wish 
  to 
  try 
  this 
  method 
  the 
  present 
  season, 
  I 
  will 
  

   say 
  that 
  we 
  cut 
  the 
  shagbark 
  buds 
  a 
  little 
  heavier 
  than 
  we 
  cut 
  apple 
  

   or 
  pear 
  buds. 
  The 
  wood 
  was 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  bud. 
  The 
  bark 
  on 
  the 
  

   stock 
  was 
  split 
  and 
  the 
  buds 
  inserted 
  just 
  as 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  shield 
  

   budding. 
  The 
  buds 
  were 
  wrapped 
  very 
  firmly, 
  with 
  waxed 
  muslin, 
  

   just 
  as 
  we 
  wrap 
  patch 
  buds. 
  

  

  Our 
  success 
  with 
  grafting 
  the 
  English 
  or 
  Persian 
  walnut, 
  under 
  

   northern 
  conditions, 
  has 
  been 
  variable 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  satisfactory. 
  

   With 
  good 
  scions 
  and 
  good 
  stocks 
  and 
  other 
  favorable 
  conditions, 
  we 
  

   have 
  sometimes 
  gotten 
  over 
  90 
  per 
  cent 
  to 
  grow, 
  but 
  the 
  stand 
  is 
  

   more 
  often 
  much 
  below 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  season 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  

   average 
  over 
  25 
  per 
  cent. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  we 
  get 
  good 
  stands 
  of 
  

   grafts 
  when 
  all 
  conditions 
  are 
  right, 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  encouraging 
  but 
  

   demonstrates 
  that 
  the 
  English 
  walnut 
  can 
  be 
  grafted 
  under 
  eastern 
  

   or 
  northern 
  conditions 
  with 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  fair 
  degree 
  of 
  certainty 
  as 
  to 
  

   results, 
  just 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  we 
  learn 
  the 
  causes 
  of 
  our 
  failures 
  and 
  are 
  

   thus 
  able 
  to 
  apply 
  the 
  remedy. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  greatest 
  drawback 
  to 
  

   the 
  successful 
  grafting 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  walnut 
  is 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  

   obtaining 
  good 
  scions. 
  The 
  annual 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  walnut 
  is 
  much 
  

   more 
  pithy 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  or 
  shagbark, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason, 
  

   only 
  a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  is 
  available 
  for 
  

   grafting 
  purposes 
  if 
  we 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  select 
  scions 
  that 
  will 
  give 
  the 
  best 
  

   results. 
  Like 
  the 
  pecan 
  and 
  shagbark, 
  the 
  two-year 
  wood 
  makes 
  the 
  

   best 
  scions 
  for 
  grafting, 
  provided 
  that 
  the 
  wood 
  has 
  good 
  buds 
  on 
  it, 
  

   but 
  under 
  our 
  conditions 
  those 
  buds 
  that 
  lie 
  dormant 
  are 
  usually 
  

   shed 
  off 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  few 
  good 
  buds 
  remain 
  that 
  will 
  

   start 
  quickly 
  into 
  active 
  growth. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  adventitious 
  buds 
  

   will 
  often 
  form 
  where 
  these 
  buds 
  have 
  shed 
  off, 
  and 
  these 
  will 
  push 
  

   into 
  growth 
  if 
  the 
  stock 
  is 
  kept 
  free 
  from 
  sprouts, 
  but 
  usually 
  too 
  

   late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  to 
  make 
  good 
  trees, 
  and 
  keeping 
  the 
  seedling 
  stock 
  

   free 
  from 
  sprouts 
  when 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  in 
  leafage 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  weak- 
  

   ening 
  and 
  injurious 
  and 
  the 
  grafts, 
  starting 
  into 
  growth 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  

   season, 
  do 
  not 
  mature 
  and 
  ripen 
  their 
  growth 
  up 
  properly 
  before 
  

   frost 
  and 
  are 
  quite 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  injured 
  by 
  early 
  November 
  freezes, 
  

   unless 
  they 
  have 
  some 
  protection. 
  To 
  graft 
  the 
  English 
  walnut 
  

   with 
  unvarying 
  and 
  satisfactory 
  results, 
  under 
  northern 
  conditions, 
  

   we 
  must 
  not 
  only 
  have 
  good 
  scions 
  and 
  good 
  stocks, 
  but 
  we 
  must 
  

   control 
  the 
  sap 
  flow 
  in 
  the 
  stocks. 
  In 
  Florida 
  and 
  Louisiana 
  the 
  

   sap 
  came 
  up 
  more 
  gradually 
  in 
  the 
  stocks 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  and 
  when 
  

  

  