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not bear as well as any other tree when 
they are budded is a question I cannot 
understand. Some bring forward the 
statement that the grafted orange is not 
long-lived, and so they say it will be with 
the pecan. Men who make that state¬ 
ment don’t know what they are talking 
about. Then again if you bud the tree 
and then transplant it, it will not grow 
well. Top-working can be done as well 
on the pecan as on a plum, peach or 
any other tree. The methods by which 
it is accomplished are three in number. 
The cleft graft is probably the most 
successful for top-working. The work 
has to be done in Florida between the 
middle of February and the first week in 
March. I would run down as closely as 
possible to the commencement of 
growth. Of course, if you have a large 
number to work over, you cannot leave 
it off until the last three or four days. 
The budding is principally of two forms, 
or one with a modification of it. The 
common form is the annular method. 
The budding should be done between 
July and August, and I believe by giving 
this matter attention they can be very 
successfully worked over to a new va¬ 
riety, and I believe it would be very prof¬ 
itable. 
PECAN ON HICKORY STOCK. 
Mr. Fairbanks—I would ask what is 
your experience with grafting the pecan 
to the hickory? 
Prof. Hume—I have in mind a large 
grove of hickory trees where it is being 
carried out, but I cannot speak of the re¬ 
sult. 
Mr. Fairbanks—I have had expe¬ 
rience of grafting the pecan into the 
hickory. So far as the graft itself is 
concerned, and not the growth of the 
pecan on the hickory, there is no ques¬ 
tion of success. There seems to be a 
natural adaptation between the two. If 
we can successfully graft the pecan into 
our young hickories, we have a source of 
income which is well worth looking into. 
So far as the actual fact is concerned, 
there is no question on that point. If 
the graft grows on the hickory, I do not 
see why the fruit should not be as good 
as any other tree which is grafted. Al¬ 
though I don’t know the result, still I 
see no reason. 
Prof. Hume—I did not refer particu¬ 
larly to the quality of the nut, but to 
adaptation of that stock. I don’t see 
why it can’t be successfully done. 
The pecan and the hickory are as closely 
related as the sour and the sweet orange. 
We have the different varieties of hick¬ 
ories which belong to the same genus 
and are very closely related. While we 
can graft and work the pecan upon the 
hickory successfully, I believe it will 
never come into favor with the nursery¬ 
men, for it is easier for them to get pe¬ 
cans for stock. 
Mr. Porcher—I would like to ask Mr. 
Fairbanks what is known as to the re¬ 
sults of grafting the hickory, such as is 
grafted to the pecan. As I understand, 
it is usually scrub hickory, which very 
seldom attains beyond a certain size, and 
in a few instances they grow for a time 
and then stop. 
Mr. Fairbanks—The hickories are in 
character equal and otherwise the same. 
Mr. Cooper—I grafted some hickories 
this spring, got a specially fine variety 
from Orlando, and there was a row of 
young seedling hickories on that place. 
I got only four grafts and we had a very 
dry spring, but I spared no care and the 
