Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
Horticulture Notes.


the State Horticultural Society as a
"humbug, delusion and snare
This week l received bulletin No. 60
from the experiment station of the Kan
State Agricultural College, on grating
the apple" giving the results of over 20
years experience in every conceivable
method of grating illustrated with
many plates from photographs, which
every farmer ought to have. The PAM
phlet consists of "a pages, including the
plates. At its close they briefly draw
the following Conclusions"
That whole root grated apple trees
are OF no greater value to the buyer than
trees grated on piece roots of 5, 4 or 21a
inches in length
THAT grating above the crown of the
seeding stock secures in tree no val
liable quality which is not secured by
grating below the crown.
THAT the use of whole roots or long
pieces may offer some slight advantages
to the nurseryman, but that these will
not compensate for the extra labor and
expense
growth is secured by use of gratis that
secure an carly roofing of the scion
above the union"
The inch roots secured this roofing
from the scion much better that longer
ones.
Three years ago gang of strangers
went through this county representing
themselves as agents of a nursery in an
adjoining county and claiming that their
nursery only used whole roots in graft
ing and extolling their many advantages
over all others, and succeeded i'll getting
a few hundred dollars at double what
the trees could have been bought for at
the nursery. Less than three months
after they left another gang representing
themselves as salaried agents of the
same nursery went through and succeed
ed in picking up several hundred dollars
more by representing that this same nur-
sery had discarded the whole roots and
and were now budding their apple trees
on some wonderful imported stock and
budding their peaches on plum stock.
Many of the farmers finding that they
had been charged 3 or times what the
trees were worth countermanded their
orders, but when they came to deliver
their trees they found the clause. mo
counterinands accepted" in the contract,
and the tak1rs succeeded i'll bulldozing
the farmers into taking and paying for
the stock. and although they promised
to replace any stock that died they have
never been back and it is needless to say
never will be, although the most of the
stock they delivered is dead.
Another went through last fall with a
show case of grapes claiming that they
would keep all winter like apples and
succeeded in raking in 30 cents to 81
each for grape vines that are grown and
for sale in this city at from . to % cents
each.
Another of these strangers went
through the city last fall and made a
good haul selling a wonderful California
Clematis, many of which are now bloom
ing in the western part of the city along
side of beautiful and sometimes expen-
sive trellisses that were placed for them
to climb on, but instead of the wonder
full Clematis, they have nothing but the
yellow weed that grows thick on our
prairie, commonly called Golden Rod. In
every instance the fakir received from 80
to one dollar for this weed of our
prairie, when, had the orders been given
to one of our Garnetl nurserymen, they
could have purchased Clematis, of any
variety grown in the United States at
from Is to 80 cents for good strong 2
vear-old vines, true to name.
At present one of these whole root
men representing nursery outside OF the
state is taking orders for Crosby, FL
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that class at so cent each, when the
same stock can be purchased in Garrett,
warranted to grow, absolutely true to
name for 81 so per dozen.
If the people of the county would or
game and exchange experiences once a
month in our Horticultural society, this
class of fakirs would give the county a
wide berth; and, besides the monthly
meetings or picnics of this society would
be pleasant recreation for day.
Next week will be at the fair supern-
tending the fruit display and would be
pleased to converse and exchange notes
and experiences with any one interested
in planting, growing or marketing fruits
or ornamenting their homes with flow
crs or shrubbery,
Come in to the fair, bring plate OF
some kind OF fruit if possible. Study the
varities there exhibited. l am promised
some apples for exhibition that were