Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-03-19

UONCs Iu tiC ePi'"-S N~
buds are unfolded." p. LAT. Judge Buel,
in his "Farmers' Ins,ructer," says, "Apni
is the general seaso for grating in this
latitude (S,a,e of New York; lhoneh j, is
sometimes performed in March, and some'
times omitted til! May. The gratis should
however be cut before the buds begin to
swell. The scions are most likely 10 live
if inserted when the sap is circulating free
ly for then :he wounds soonest heai.' Vol
2,p.II8. Downing says, "Tbe proper
time for grating fruit trees is 10 the spring.
as the sap is in motion, which commences
earliest with the cherry and plum, and
ends with the pear and apple. The pre-
else time OF course varies with the season
and the climate, bu, is generally comprised
from February to the middle Of April.
The most favorable weather for grating
S mild atmosphere with occasional show.
errs." Downng's Fruit and Frui, Trees Of
America. p. l3. So much for Spring
srafIing.
But grating may also be successfully
performed in the Summer and Fall. Thus
Mr.. Abner Landrum says, About the first
of July when the growth Of some trees had
become stationary, cut twig of the pear
tree and inserted il on a nursery stock
which readily grew. | next tried almost
every variety Of orchard fruits, which sue.
ceeded perfectly WELL" He made this ex-
perimen! supposing that as spring grating
might probably fail by reason OF the drying
winds peculiar TO that season, so the rapid
motion Of The sap in some stocks combined
with the general moisture Of the air during
midsummer nigh, ensure the growth Of
summer grafiing-and the result shows
that he reasoned well. And he adds: ITO
make the success Of summer grating GER
tain, take the twigs to be inserted from tree
in which the sap is. as near as possible,
stationary, and select stock in which the
sap has the greatest possible motion. July
is the proper time for summer grating, and
indeed The most suitable month Of the twelve
for that operation. However the operation
may be performed with tolerable success
during the remainder Of the Summer and
Fall months" Col. |. F. Wingate, Of
Maine, says, ,ha, on the 5th OF September,
1924, he engralted on scrub apple tree,
apple scions Of the same years growth,
containing from three 20 five buds each,
which los, their old leaves, and formed
shoots the same year twice as large as his
gratis ''inser,ed in the ordinary mode" did.
He ascribes his mode of grating, which is
the second mode described under side graf.
fling in this article, and then adds:
"Thus i, may be said to have all the ad-
vantages o. budding, with the additional
one of producing the new fruit certainly
one and probably two or three years SOON
er; and farther. it may be successfully
performed at any season Of the year while
the sap is in motion and the scions taken
from the growth of the same or of the pre-.
ceding year. 1t will be found, too, that
the stock is less injured. and heals more
readily and elfeclualIy, than when split as
in the ordinary mode Of cleft grating. ALI
the branches OF tree may be removed
clean to the trunk, and new ones produced,
and shape or form given to the tree, by the
insertion of scions al end places as you
please. And am certain that they ad.
here more firmly and are less liable 10 in.
Jury from rain and violent winds, than
those inserted in different manner; and
if properly inserted, probably not one in
fifty will fail" [Fessenden. p. LAT. g. sc.
Modes Of Grating.
There are many modes, but the following
will answer every purpose
Whip or Splice Grafing.-This mode
which is praciised chiefly on small stocks
or trees, consists in cutting off full inch
or more Of one side Of the scion or graft,
and also Of the stock or limb you intend to
graft, in sloping direction and tying them
closely together, Just as you would splice
a whip or fishing rod, so as to make the
inner bark of the graft and of the stock
Join or meet each other nicely, al least on
one side il not both. This mode succeeds
best when the graft and stock are the same
size or thickness, as the bark will then
meet on both sides, all around, or nearly
so, and of course the flow Of the sap will
he more readily take effect and unite the
parts thus joined. This mode may also be
improved by wha, gardeners call tongueing
,r tipping, that is, by making a tongue
shaped cut in the stock downward. and
corresponding cut or slit in The scion or
,raft upwards, and the joining them so as
o make the inner bark OF the scion and
,,ock meet exactly, at least on one side if
lot both.
2. Saddle Grafiing.-So called. I