THE PLUM ON WILD STOCKS. 
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CULTIVATION OF THE PLUM ON THE WILD STOCK. 
BY JOHN G. KANOUSE, OF COTTAGE GF.OYE, 
Dear Sir: I herewith send you the results of my expe¬ 
rience, and my observation in relation to the Wild Plum, as a 
standard for grafting or budding. 
1. Grafting the English Plum in the Native, renders them 
much more hardy and less liable to injury by our hard winters. 
2. They will fruit from 2 to 3 years earlier than when grafted 
on the English Stock. 
3. The fruit is less liable to injury; the crop more certain. 
This practice has one disadvantage, viz., the tree will be 
somewhat dwarfed. This can be remedied by planting more 
of them. My method of cultivating is as follows: 
Early in the spring I go out in the forest and take up the 
Native Plum, about one inch in diameter, being careful to take 
as much of the root as possible, uninjured. Cut off the tops, 
then take the roots home; then with a fine saw take off the 
body about one inch above the roots; insert the scion, and then 
set them out where I intend to have them fruit. The scions 
should be of the present year’s growth, and one of the buds 
must be under the ground. If the scion dies, still the root is 
sure to sprout, and then you can bud the sprout the next year 
If you desire fruit the second year from the scion, select large 
trees, take them up with great care, and graft in the top ; but 
these you will be likely to lose with high winds, &c.; and yet 
this practice will abundantly repay any man on a new farm. 
By staking the scion he may have fruit for two or three years, 
and then his others grafted at the ground, will take their place. 
Respectfully yours, 
John G. Kanouse. 
