TOP-WORKING WITH TENDER VARIETIES. 



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set no fruit. These trees are very vigorous and apparently 

 hardy. Mr. Arrowood has exhibited fruit obtained from his 

 own trees of this variety at Nevis. 



Incidentally the slides show the wood veneer protection 

 around the trunks, an excellent safeguard against the work of 

 field mice and also against rabbits if the snow does not become 

 too high. Please note that in the case of the apple scions they 

 made a growth of all the way from four to five feet during the 



2. Grimes' Golden apple grafted on 3. Silver spruce grafted on hardy plum stock. 

 Hibernal — a cleft graft follow- 

 ing rabbit injury. 



summer. One slide shows a Hibernal girdled the previous year 

 by rabbits, and therefore used for two cleft grafts of Grimes' 

 Golden. These scions made a wonderful growth. 



We are so encouraged with the outlook that we purpose to 

 put more scions of the same varieties in these trees next spring 

 and top-work other trees with similar varieties. 



Foot Note. — April 24, 1917. Every one of the above apple scions came 

 through last winter's severe test in splendid condition. As was expected, the 

 Italian prune scion and a peach plum scion killed down to the stock. — P. L.. W. 



