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  The 
  President: 
  Some 
  apple 
  experience 
  of 
  mine 
  is 
  a 
  close 
  

   match 
  to 
  the 
  killing 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  just 
  reported. 
  The 
  season 
  of 
  

   1912 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  dry 
  one. 
  All 
  September 
  it 
  rained 
  frequently 
  and 
  

   heavily. 
  The 
  trees 
  waked 
  up 
  and 
  grew 
  with 
  such 
  speed 
  that 
  many 
  

   of 
  them 
  made 
  a 
  sappy 
  growth 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  manured, 
  and 
  

   a 
  very 
  cold 
  spell 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  killed 
  100 
  of 
  them. 
  Others 
  

   across 
  the 
  road 
  were 
  uninjured. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  grafting 
  in 
  the 
  nursery, 
  this 
  

   spring 
  my 
  experience 
  has 
  been 
  somewhat 
  varied. 
  In 
  grafting 
  we 
  

   started 
  about 
  April 
  10th; 
  the 
  first 
  grafting 
  was 
  almost 
  an 
  utter 
  

   failure. 
  On 
  May 
  1st 
  it 
  improved. 
  On 
  May 
  9th 
  we 
  set 
  900 
  and 
  

   have 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  growing 
  today, 
  some 
  higher 
  than 
  my 
  head. 
  Set 
  

   with 
  wood 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  would 
  run 
  three-fourths 
  inches 
  in 
  diam- 
  

   eter. 
  

  

  Lady 
  Delegate: 
  My 
  sister 
  has 
  on 
  her 
  place 
  200 
  or 
  300 
  black 
  

   walnut 
  seedhngs. 
  What 
  would 
  you 
  advise 
  her 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  these? 
  

   They 
  are 
  in 
  all 
  ages 
  and 
  stages 
  of 
  growth, 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  ten 
  years. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  question 
  to 
  answer. 
  

   I 
  should 
  topwork 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  I 
  should 
  topwork 
  

   all 
  of 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  chance 
  that 
  future 
  developments 
  would 
  leave 
  

   them 
  the 
  proper 
  distance 
  apart. 
  The 
  walnut 
  transplants 
  very 
  

   easily, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  larger 
  the 
  tree, 
  the 
  more 
  danger 
  of 
  loss. 
  

   Trees 
  of 
  that 
  size 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  worked 
  very 
  nicely. 
  

  

  Assume 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  your 
  tree, 
  and 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  sawed 
  off 
  the 
  

   top. 
  Here 
  is 
  your 
  scion 
  from 
  your 
  desirable 
  tree. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  

   on 
  one 
  side 
  only, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  considerable 
  art 
  in 
  making 
  that 
  cut 
  

   true. 
  Then 
  with 
  the 
  knife 
  split 
  down 
  the 
  bark 
  on 
  the 
  stock 
  a 
  

   little 
  way 
  and 
  shove 
  the 
  scion 
  down 
  between 
  the 
  wood 
  and 
  bark, 
  

   the 
  cut 
  side 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  wood 
  of 
  the 
  stock 
  (demonstrating), 
  and 
  

   cover 
  with 
  waxed 
  cloth. 
  Then 
  apply 
  grafting 
  wax 
  to 
  the 
  cut 
  sur- 
  

   face, 
  and 
  cover 
  all 
  with 
  a 
  paper 
  bag 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks. 
  There 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  buds 
  on 
  a 
  scion. 
  Don't 
  leave 
  too 
  

   many. 
  One 
  bud 
  is 
  better 
  than 
  three, 
  but 
  you 
  may 
  leave 
  two 
  buds. 
  

   This 
  scion 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  entirely 
  dormant 
  until 
  used. 
  Any 
  time 
  

   after 
  the 
  bark 
  will 
  shp 
  readily 
  is 
  the 
  proper 
  time 
  to 
  graft, 
  and 
  you 
  

   will 
  then 
  get 
  a 
  high 
  percentage 
  of 
  success. 
  Keep 
  j'-our 
  sap 
  circu- 
  

   lating 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  by 
  putting 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  scions 
  around 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  stock. 
  This 
  method 
  of 
  grafting 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  simple 
  operation 
  

   when 
  you 
  know 
  a 
  few 
  little 
  fundamental 
  facts 
  about 
  it. 
  The 
  

   kind 
  of 
  wax 
  or 
  cloth 
  is 
  not 
  particularly 
  important. 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  Jones 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  have 
  had 
  much 
  experience 
  in 
  this 
  work. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Parish: 
  In 
  doing 
  this, 
  shall 
  we 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  air 
  hole? 
  

  

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