The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-08
FARMERS, aEADlNG.
A CURIOUS EXPERIMENT IN GRATING


10 tie Recae Hoftic0}e, for Septem-
Der, NJ Verlot gives an account of an
experiment ia. graftingthaf is's9 novel
that We think it viii interest our
readers. Two pear trees. on ounce
roots were united by marching, and
the roots (quinee) of one of the trees
left exposed to the air. OF course. IN
order to reach thesquince roots of the
tree thus exposed, the sap had to 60
from the other tree and traverse the
tissues of the one grated upon it in
reverse direction. This it did, and
the ounce root then put out ounce
shoots three. to four inches long.
Upon the branches of this root, now
for a year exposed to the air, pear
CRAFTS have been placed Two of
these gratis have succeeded, so that
now this curious tree consists: 1st, of
ounce root; I'd, Beurre d Aren-
burg pear; 3D., Beurre d. Charneu
pear that was marched into No. 2;
18th. of ounce roots; 9th, of pear
grated upon these ounce roots.
Should these last named CRAFTS bear
fruit true to its kind, it will puzzle
those who claim that the stock has an
influence upon the graft, as the sap
will have passed through the tissues
of four other trees before these gratis
were reached, and in two instances
through inverted tissues. The ex-
periment.is also interesting in show
ing that roots may adapt themselves
to circumstances, and being exposed
to the air, become, to all intents and
purposes like branches. We hope
that NJ Verlot will keep watch of this
remarkable tree and let us know.
more of the results of one of the most
Interesting experiments ever made ID
practical horticulture.
STORING AWAY APPLES.
As this is the season for packing
apples for Winter and Spring use, the
manner that was employed in keep
ing apples that were perfectly sound
year after they were thus put away
will probably prove interesting to our
readers. The gentleman writes:
"A layer of dry saw dust was sprink-
led at the bottom of the packing box,
and then layer of apples placed in
| it so that they did not touch each
other Upon these was placed layer
of saw dust, and so on until the box
was filled. The boxes, after being
packed in this way. were placed on
the wall In the cellar, up from the
ground, where the apples kept per-
fectly sound, retaining their freshness
and favor which brought out and ex-
hibited at the fair.
From experiments made with dry
sand, packing the apples 1.-The same
way, he finds that saw dust is much
Superior to the sand, the latter,
he thinks, being too heavy a ma
'terial, and pressing the anples too
much. causing them to decay more
rapidly than with the saw dust. The
above experiment, perhaps may be
suggestive to those desiring to pre-
serve apples late In the season next
year.
It will be needless to observe,
however, that apples will keep late,
by any process of packing, that have
been bruised or Injured in picking.
| Apples should be handled carefully,
and the less moving about after hav-
ing been picked the better. A large
part of the fruit grown and sold in
market has been so injured By care
less gathering, pouring into barrels,
and rough handling while being
driven to market, that it soon decays,
under whatever treatment it may be
subjected for the purpose Of keep
ing"