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THE GENESKE FARMER. 



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HORTICULTURAL. 



(S. S. R., Harrison.) Root Grafting — Is usu- 

 ally performed on young roots about one-quarter 

 of an inch in diameter at the collar where the 

 graft is inserted. The common mode, is wliip or 

 tongue-grafting — a sloping cut about an iueii long 

 is made on both root and scion ; both are tongued 

 alike .ind fitted one into the other so tliat theii' sur- 

 faces are in close and even contact, and their bark 

 at least on one side fitted together. A bandage of 

 some slight material, to\r, waxed paper, <fec., is ap- 

 plied to keep the graft in its place, and the work is 

 done. 



Budding — is performed during the growing sea- 

 son, and when the buds on the current year's 

 shoots are perfectly formed and mature. The bark 

 on the stock is raised and a bud from the scion or 

 shoot of the same season is taken oflr^ with half an 

 inch of bark above and below attached, and in- 

 serted. A bandage of some elastic material, bark, 

 woolen yarn, (fee, is applied. This is but a rough 

 outline of the proeeeing. You ought to procure 

 some of the various treatises on tree culture. Ap- 

 ple, pear, peach, or plum scions, cannot be planted 

 so as to grow ; but the small fruits, grapes currants, 

 gooseberries, cfec, can. 



(Luke Punshon.) Ivy plants can be obtained 

 at any of the principal nurseries where ornamental 

 plants are sold. 



(S. T. R., Marion, Wis.) "We have seen cherry 

 trees saved, which have been split by hard frosts, 

 as you describe yours to have been, by being 

 Avrapped up in a straw covering until the wound 

 healed up during the folIoAviug summer. The 

 course you have taken will no doubt save yours 

 if you do not uncover them too soon. 



(P. M., Cedarville.) Scions from a sweet apple 

 tree will produce sweet fruit, even if grafted on a 

 sour apple stock. The stock has no such influence 

 on the scion as to change it from sweet to sour, or 

 from sour to sweet, though it does produce certain 

 modifications, in both wood and fruit, in the same 

 way as certain soils do. A bud or graft from any 

 particular variety never loses its identity, no mat- 

 ter on what grafted or budded, no more than a 

 plum would become a peach when budded on 

 peach stock, or a pear become a quince when on a 

 quince stock. 



Budding can be performed any time from July 

 to ScptemVyer. Get some of the various treatises 

 on tree culture. It is all a fable about producing 

 a sweet and sour apple by inserting a sweet and 

 sour apple bud together. 



(A. J. 11., New Fane.) The insect is the "Ap- 



ple Worm." It enters at the blossoms and eats to 

 the core. The most effectual and simple remedy 

 is to pick up and destroy the wormy fruit iia fast 

 as it falls. If swine are allowed to run in or- 

 chards, they will do this. 



(L. B., Out West.) Birds. — We concur in the 

 opinion tliat troublesome as birds ai-e in some ca- 

 ses, they are yet a blessing in destroying myriads 

 of destructive and annoying insects. Powder and 

 shot may be occasionally resorted to for the pur- 

 pose of saving a crop of fruit, especially in woody 

 districts where birds are very numerous and fruit 

 very scarce. 



Paradise Stocks, for dwarfing apples, are usu- 

 ally sold in the nurseries at $2 or $3 per 100. All 

 the best varieties we have so far tried, succeed 

 well on it. The Red Astracan, Gravenstein, Can- 

 ada Reinette, Fall Pippin, Keswick Codlin, Sum- 

 mer Rose, are choice sorts that do remarkably 

 well. In dwarfing, the bud or graft should al- 

 ways be inserted near the ground, for the reason 

 that it usually outgrows the stock. 



(J. H. C, Darien, Ct.) Thorn seedlings are 

 generally to be had in the nurseries. We have 

 not much experience in working the pear upon 

 them, but have succeded well with Buffam, Seckel, 

 Marie Louise, &c., on the American species. The 

 quince is bettei'. WIdte Doyenne, Louise Bonne 

 de Jersey, Duchess d'Angouleme, Bartlett, Belle 

 Lucrative, Vicar of Winkjield, and Glout Morceau, 

 are among those that succeed remarkably well. 

 Budding is better than grafting. 



(A. D. SoUTiiwicK, Junius.) Fine samples of 

 Red Canada, or old Nonsuch. 



(T. J. M., Bayfield, C. W.) The wild ch.'iry is 

 not suitable for a stock, especially for the Ihart 

 and Biggereaa varieties. Tiie sour, or pie cherry, 

 is better, but neither buds or grafts take well upon 

 it. Mazzards can be liad cheap in the nureries. 



(W. G.. Phcenix, Pa.) We cannot account for 

 the bark becoming loose on your plum trees, and 

 the wood of tlie body being dead while the head 

 is living and ia blossom. We have not seen such 

 a case. It may be the bark was split open by the 

 severe frosts and thus the body killed. This 

 would not prevent the top from showing leaves 

 and blossoms. 



(H. B. S., Rockport.) Evergreens. — You can 

 get young plants of native species from the woods 

 in the mouths of May and June. Seeds of all 

 hardy kinds may be sown in June, in a cool sha- 

 ded north border, or in boxes of earth in such 

 situations. The seeds are sown as you would car- 

 rots, beets, or any common garden seeds, in fine 

 earth and slightly covered. 



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