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nursery stood on clay soil. In the spring I went out one day near 
night, dug up several trees and found the roots dead. Iron-clads as 
well as half hardy trees were much injured. None escaped entirely. 
It was a singular fact that three Transcendents were killed while a 
Red Astrachan, standing in the center, lived. All this was owing 
to the destruction of the roots. I therefore, advocated grafting on 
crab roots. Dr. Stickney, however, said that of 100,000 so grafted 
but 60,000 grew, and only 20,000 made good trees At the meeting 
of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society one year ago, I showed 
good trees on crab roots. Dr. Stickney said he hoped the exper- 
iment would be continued. Recently Dr. Stickney has said “ must 
graft on crab roots.” 
Root-killing Elsewhere. 
In September last I met a man who lived west of Keokuk and who 
began to flatter me because I lived, as he said, in a place where 
there was snow to protect the roots. This man was going to set 
long scions and plant deep. I said I had no faith in it without the 
hardy root, Root-killing is not confined to this latitude. A man 
300 miles south of us lost 200,000 trees a year ago this winter. 
My plan is to graft the Transcendent into crab seedlings, use also 
long scions and set deep. At two yearsfrom graft bud into the 
branches thus grown. 
Blight. 
M. Elliot :—What will you do with the Transcendent when it 
blights? The Transcendent is one of the worst to blight. 
Mr. Wilcox :—True, but as long as nurserymen propagate as they 
do we must suffer some. The blight, however, is passing away. 
Mr. Hart :—I bought of Mr. Wilcox a dozen trees eight years 
ago, and seven or eight of these are the only sound ones I have, 
and they were not worked in this manner. 
Mr. Wilcox :—I have no faith in them. If not dead now, they 
will be dead before long. 
Mr. Jewell :—Crabs, like apples, differ in hardiness. The seed- 
lings are therefore not reliable. It is more desirable to get the 
Transcendent on its own roots. But still I think there are other 
crabs better than the Transcendent. Do not believe the blight is 
leaving. Have dug up or girdled all my Transcendents. All I had 
left was the remnants of two blocks between which stood a block 
of Tetofskys. The blight swept across from one block of Trans- 
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