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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 30, 1918 
Experience in Bridge-grafting 
In tho Hope Farm Notes, page oSO, 
tlic writer says he has not had gowl 
luck in bridge-grafting after mice had 
girdled his trees. Two years ago I 
had an experience with mico-girdled 
trees, which may help him some. I had 
had DO pi-evions experience with this 
form of grafting, and when I found six 
or seven apple trees completely girdled 
in a row of dwarf trees, s<mie of them 
two inches in diameter at the base, I 
was very much concerned. These trees 
were personal friends of mine, and the 
mice had very carefully taken the best 
ones. I determined to save them if I 
••ould. I sent for the government bul¬ 
letin on bridg<*-grafting, and consulted 
the city forester and one of our large 
nurserymen. I found ver.V little in¬ 
formation obtainable on this subject; 
nurserymen never Imther to bridge-graft 
trees, they just pull them up ami scrap 
them. I think they don’t have any ))er- 
sonal friends among the trees. I did, so 
with what aid I obtained from the Gov¬ 
ernment bulletin I set to work to save 
them and I was com))letely successful. 
1 made some slight mistakes in opor.it- 
ing; Figs. 11154 and 25.’5 .show the dif¬ 
ference between a tree that is a neat 
workmanlike job and one that is not. 
Fig. 255 shows a tree the bridge^ scions 
of which were not properly laid and tied 
close to the tree. They are bowed too 
much, as will be seen, but th<‘.v united 
with the tree jierfeetly and carried the 
sap over all right. Fig. 2.14 .shows the 
scions laid close to the tre«> as they 
should be. In .a few yeai's there will 
be hardly a sign of the scions or the 
girdling. I was stirprised to see how 
perfectly this foian of grafting overcame 
the injury from girdling, and how, with 
haiHlly one exception, the scions united 
with the tree. 
that ju.st fitted each other, with one two 
or three inches deeper than the other 
to allow space for water. When the 
water cools and the Avax begins to 
thicken you can either I’eplace the water 
with hot water from the house or have 
a kerosene stove or lamp in a box or 
pail to set the pail oji and keep it warm. 
Massachusetts. .r. p. pol.c.xu. 
Cutting Back Japan Quince 
1 have a .Japan quince hedge which has 
been neglected for years. Could I cut it 
.1 i<iicccsxfii I Ij.iii mjtle of Jtridin- 
finiffhiij, Fiff. 2.5.} 
down, at or near the ground, jind will it 
come out again in goo(l .«hape? ii. K. v. 
PasA'oag, K. I. 
I waited until the earth at the base 
of the trees was free from frost, and 
then early in .\pril I bridge-gi'aftinl them. 
I used ordiiiary grafting wax kept in .a 
liquid state by hot water in an ordinary 
glue pot. I made at both tho lower and 
upper extremities of the girdling .‘i <-lean 
margin down to the hard wootl, through 
the bark; in some cases the girdling ex¬ 
tended very irregularly around tho tree, 
leaving spaces entirely without bark 10 
to 18 inches in length. In such cases I 
did not carry the cut directly around 
the tree, but followed the gnawed por¬ 
tions to a great extent so as_ not to re¬ 
move so much bark, giving long scions 
at one place and short ones at others. I 
u.<^<;d either four or six .sciou.s', according 
1.0 Hie size of the tnux 
The scions wen; trimmed Avodge- 
shaped on one side only. At the point 
of insertion under the bark of the tree 
I found they split the bark, so I cut the 
bark Avith the jioint of a knife, and by 
so doing Avas enabled to insert the scions 
easier and left a clean straight fracture 
in the bark much easier to he.al. I <-ov- 
(‘i-ed all the gmiAved portion or girdled 
l»art df the tree Avith liquid Avax and after 
the scions Avere inserted every other 
I».‘irt Avhere air or moisture could enter; 
then Avound that jiortion Avhere the scions 
were under the. bark with raffia ami also 
about midway betAveen these pla<;es on 
the si-ions to k<*e)) them close to the 
tree. I allt>wed the scions to groAV fi’om 
the exposed buds uiion them until the 
groAvth Avas four or five inches long; 
then I either rubbed or cut them off. 
After Avrapping the raflia around the 
tree I covered it all Avith grafting aauix 
with a brush. I found the melted form 
of the Avax much the better, quicker and 
easier to apply. I Avas surpri.sed at the 
groAvth of the scions; before the Sum¬ 
mer Avas over some of them Avere three- 
quarters of an inch in diameter. When 
luit in they Avere the size of a lead pencil. 
T watched the raffia closely and removed 
it as soon as there Avas any evidence of 
binding. In some cases the groAvth Avas 
so rapid that the trees attended to that 
themselvi's and burst the raffia. A 
sharp knife, some raffia, liquid wax, a 
complete covering of injured parts to 
exclude moisture and air, a little gump¬ 
tion and any boy avIio can Avhittle can 
do the job. 
There should be no trouble following 
the cutting doAvn of this old hedge. This 
is often jiracticed Avith good results, Avhen 
the plants have become old and unsightly. 
<)rn-lon;i drafis and Their Jtcsidt. 
Fig. 2J.5 
Cut to Avithin 12 or 18 inches of the 
ground and remove all dead and unhealthy 
AA’OOd. K. 
Frightening Fruit-eating Birds 
I read Avith interest the different modes 
of preventing birds from destroying small 
fruit. We have lots of trouble here Avith 
birds eating our chicken feed. The best 
AA^ay Ave have found is to get a .32. caliber 
single-shot rim-fire rifle and shoot a mus¬ 
tard-seed .shot that can be got at any 
hai’dAvare store. That small shot Avill not 
break the bones, but they Avill fly off and 
die, and in the meantime Avill impart their 
troubles to the rest of them, and tlu're you 
are. This remedy is tough on the birds, 
but. “any port in a storm.” M. C. moiik. 
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