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October, 1920 



hardy than Wealthy and do not root so 

 well. 



Wide variations in the rooting ability 

 of different lots of the same variety are 

 evident. Some of these are clearly sea- 

 sonal. Such differences may be due to 

 climatic conditions, to soil conditions — 

 for the soils used in different years are 

 not all alike — or they may be due to 

 difference in the scions used. Any such 

 difference would most likely trace back 

 to the growing conditions the previous 

 season as affecting stored food and pos- 

 sibly structure. Slight differences in 

 cultural treatment may have had an 

 effect. Varying rainfall may have had 

 an influence. It is impossible from the 

 evidence at hand to determine which 

 of these possible factors have had an 

 influence and to what extent. 



Summary 



1. Stem cuttings of the common apple 

 grow only rarely; in the trials here 

 reported none succeeded, though callus 

 formation in some varieties was good. 



2. Root cuttings grew well, especially 

 when young roots were used, though 

 growth was slow the first season. 



3. Limited tests indicated that most 

 varieties may be readily propagated by 

 mound layers. 



4. The best means of establishing 

 trees on known roots is by the nurse- 

 root method. The scion is whip-grafted 

 on a short piece of root and planted 

 deeply; at the end of one or two sea- 

 sons' growth the tree is dug, the seed- 

 ling root removed and the tree replanted. 

 Neither dwarf apple nor pear roots are 

 of value as nurse roots. 



5. Varieties vary greatly in the read- 

 iness with which they send out roots 

 from the scion, the proportion varying 

 from none to practically all with differ- 

 ent varieties. 



6. There is also great variation within 

 the variety in the numbers rooting from 

 the scion. 



7. Varietal differences may be loosely 

 correlated with density of the wood, the 

 softer the wood the higher the propor- 

 tion rooting from the scion. 



8. A fertile, well drained, sandy loam 

 probably offers the best conditions for 

 securing a high percentage of rooting 

 trees. 



9. Once trees are established on 

 known roots they may be propagated 

 by root cuttings or by root grafting on 

 known roots. 



10. There seems to be a relation be- 

 tween the varietal ability to produce 

 roots from the scion and the thickness 

 of the cambium layer at the dormant 

 season. 



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