January, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 35 



Again, because of the nature of top 

 working, each of the scions will behave 

 like individual young trees, and thus, 

 as in the case of most young trees, the 

 first crops will be of a larger size than 

 the subsequent ones. And it is the first 

 crop of the top worked tree which 

 attracts the most attention and from 

 which often rash conclusions are drawn. 

 This, however, does not exclude the 

 often observed cases of a general and 

 permanent increase of the size of fruit 

 of many varieties as a result of top 

 grafting. 



J. A. Burton of Indiana reports that 

 Grimes and Jonathan trees grafted on 



Walbridge bear considerably larger 

 fruits than when grown on seedling 

 roots. 



Many additional instances of an in- 

 crease or decrease in size because of 

 top working is to be found in trans- 

 actions of many state horticultural so- 

 cieties. Other cases reported by prac- 

 tical fruit growers will be found below. 



3. In respect to a change in eating or 

 keeping quality of fruit because of top 

 grafting, we have many reliable in- 

 stances reported with grapes and other 

 fruits grown in England through the 

 pages of the "Chronicle." In respect to 

 the causes of a change in quality of 



fruit as a result of top working, Dr. 

 Lindley, editor of the above publication, 

 says that "this may be conceived to 

 happen in two ways: either by the 

 ascending sap carrying up with it into 

 the scion a part of the secretions of the 

 stock, or by the differences induced in 

 the general health of the scion by the 

 manner in which the flow of ascending 

 and descending sap is promoted or re- 

 tarded by the stock." 



Many instances of a change in the 

 eating quality of many varieties when 

 top grafted may be found in the 

 transaction of Iowa and other state hor- 

 ticultural societies. Other additional 



Pointers on Feeds and Feeding 



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