November, 1912. 



THE CANADIAN HOETICULTURIST 



267 



ing of these sprouts may be helped by arti- 

 ficially grafting them together, which may 

 be done at some point of contact by cutting 

 through the bark of both branches and ty- 

 ing firmly together, and applying wax as 

 in regular grafting. To keep trees from 

 splitting down the trunk, sprouts are taken 

 in the same way from limb to stem, making 

 a .solid wooden contact that cannot be split. 



The advantages of the living props and 

 g-uys are that it lessens the injurious effects 

 of heavy winds by checking th© switching 

 of the limbs, and consequently much of the 

 bruising of the fruit, and that they (the 

 props) never slip out of place, nor are the 

 least unsightly. 



In regard to Tolman stock, to top graft 

 upon, the stem is clean and healthy, and 

 if it is made to develop roots at the bottom 

 or happens to be on as thrifty a bottom, 

 then there will be a growi;h that, with pro- 

 per oruning, will develop fruit on younger 

 trees'. Take our best apple when the tree 

 has come into bearing (I mean the Northern 

 Spy) upon its own stock, it is from ten to 

 fifteen years before bearing and often twen- 

 ty years before a fair crop is harvested, but 

 when top grafted on a Tolman, bearing 

 trees may be obtained many years earlier, 

 especially if grafts have been taken from 

 well-known bearing trees and from bearing 

 branches. 



By top grafting the Quality and appear- 

 ance of "the fruit of the parent tree may be 

 known. This, then, is a worthy considera- 

 tion, for a full grown tree is a valuable 

 product, the real profit of which may ex- 

 ceed that of the best cow on the farm. 



To wait for so many years before realiz- 

 ing a profit, or even knowing whether the 

 fruit is what was ordered or even of good 

 quality, should make every one pause and 

 think before planting an orchard. 



John Craig, M. S. Agr. 



Late Professor of Horticnltare, Agricnltaral College. 

 Cornell Uoiversity, Ithaca, N. Y 



The Late Prof. John Craig 



Douglas Gardens 



Oakville, Ontario 



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 this month will be promptly filled 

 and the planting will succeed in 

 most sections. 



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Announcement 



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