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"WHOLESALE TRADE LIST, FALL, 1912 
ROOT GRAFTS — Continued 
All Grafts are carefully assorted and only the best of material used in orders, 
so that customers can depend on getting a first-class article. Orders should be 
placed early to secure the best selection of varieties and to give the Grafts ample 
time to callous before shipment. After our Grafts are made they are tied in 
bundles of 100, each bunch carefully labeled and packed away to callous. 
Our Piece-Root Grafts are made with a six-inch Scion and three and one-half 
inch Root, the same style that we make largely for our own planting. For Whole- 
Root Grafts we use the entire Seedling, either a straight or branched root as the 
customer may select. Any style of Graft made to order. 
WHOLE ROOT GRAFTS 
Some of our customers get best results from planting Whole-Root Grafts, 
■which are made with a Scion about six inches in length and a branched or straight 
Seedling. We recommend a strong branched Seedling as it will usually give the 
best results. One customer advises his Wliole-Root Grafts put up on heavy 
branched Seedlings made 8 to 12 inches more growth than the Piece-Root Grafts 
under the same conditions. 
Grafts should be planted at the earliest date in the Spring the season will 
permit, in rows about three and one-half feet apart and seven to eight inches 
apart in the row. The ground should be plowed deep (in the fall preferred) and 
well prepared before planting. 
Graft Wrapping IVIachine 
We have installed five Graft Wrapping Machines run with electric motor for 
wrapping Grafts. We have been able to do much better wrapping of the union of 
the Grafts and are confident the continuous machine wrapping will materially 
reduce the percentage of crown gall, which frequently develops about the union of 
root and Scion in grafted Apple trees. 
George G. Hedgcock, Pathologist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, con- 
ducted extensive experiments in his "field studies of the crown gall and hairy 
root of the Apple Tree," (see Bulletin No. 186 Bureau of Plant Industry) and 
according to his experiments there was a difference in percentage of crown gall 
of nineteen per cent in favor of the continuous machine wrapping, aside from an 
increase in the stand of 10.2 per cent. 
PRICES OF GRAFTS IN ASSORTMENT 
Per 100 Per 1000 
Apple and Crab, No. 1 Piece Root, 1000 to 5000 $1 00 $ 6 00 
Apple and Crab, No. 1 Piece Root, 5000 and up 5 00 
Apple and Crab, No. 1 Whole Root, 'branched, 1000 to 5000 1 25 9 00 
Apple and Crab, No. 1 Whole Root, branched, 5000 and up 8 00 
Apple and Crab Grafts put up on No. 1 straight Seedlings 50c per 1000 higher. 
Pear, No. 1, Piece Root 1 00 8 00 
Pear, No. 1, Whole Root, branched 1 50 12 00 
FRUIT TREE STOCKS 
APPLE SEEDLINGS , 
We have a large plant of Apple Seedlings, which are very promising. We 
are growing them on good, strong, new land ,in the apple seedling district, and 
can guarantee them to give satisfaction. Are prepared to offer car lots, and will 
be glad to correspond with parties desiring to purchase large lots. 
Shipping — We can often make up car lots of miscellaneous box orders to some 
central distributing point. Will be glad to do this wherever possible. 
Grades — Our Seedlings will be shipped to Shenandoah in car lots, right from 
our fields, and carefully graded and packed under our personal supervision. Cus- 
tomers can depend on getting well graded stock in prime condition. 
Regular Grades as Follows 
Apple Seedlings, extra heavy, % inch and all up, straight or branched 
Apple Seedlings, No. 1, A inch and all up, straight or branched 
Apple Seedlings, No, 2, 2-16 to 3-16, straight or branched 
per 1000 
$6 00 
5 00 
2 50 
