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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TOP-—GRAFTING, 
Pres. Grimes. If there are any reports ready they are in order. 
Mr. Jordon. The committee on the Varieties for Top-grafting 
on the Crabs is ready to report. The report was read, and a 
motion to place it on file carried. 
The following is the report. 
Varieties of apples recommended for top-grafting on crab trees: 
For general top-grafting, Wealthy. 
Varieties that make a good union on Transendent: Wealthy, Malinda, 
Plum’s Cider, Rollins’ Prolific, Ben Davis, Elgin Beauty, Utter’s Red, Haas, 
and in fact most all fast growing kinds make a good union on the Transcen- 
dent. : 
Kollins’ Pippin, top-works well on Hyslop and Duchess. While it does 
not make a tender sort hardy to top-graft upon a hardy crab tree, yet it 
necessitates hardiness in the fact that tender trees are most liable to kill in 
the body and crack; and if that be a hardy crab, the tree is thereby made 
hardier. 
The best time for top-grafting is the first warm days that occur in 
February, March, or April. Never top-graft as the buds are swelling or 
leaves starting. 
E. B. JORDON, 
A. W. SIAS, 
M. W. COOK. 
DISCUSSION. 
The Secretary. Seems as though it ought to call forth discus. 
sion. 
Mr. Storrs. I have carried on experiments in top-grafting for 
six years. A year ago last spring I began to graft some cions. 
I commenced a few days after the first of February; grafted a 
few cions near the end of February; also some in March, in 
April, and in May, and kept cions in good condition in my cellar 
till June. Those grafted near the last of February did best; they 
grew about five feet. Those grafted in March grew a little less, 
and those grafted in June grew only a few inches; but they win- 
tered as well as those grafted in February. 
Mr. Jordon. Any hardy sorts can be top-grafted after the mid- 
dle of January. I use for grafting wax three parts rosin, one 
part beeswax, with linseed oil to soften sufficiently to use. Have 
grafted in December that did well. Mercury going down to 20° 
does not hurt the grafting. In top-grafting orchards of Tran- 
scendents and Hyslops, remove the entire top and put in a new 
top. You have success only when you do the work completely. 
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