The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-27
Budding vs.. Grating.


iority Of "budded' over "grafted"
trees, that believe it will interest
all fruit growing readers OF the IN
TELLIeENCER to learn what the facts
are. l am told that some agents
claim that the "budded" trees they
sell will bear early and regularly; are
borer proof and immune TO disease;
that our Western grown trees are only
piece root grated on seedlings growa
from seed procured promiscuouslY |
from cider mills, hence have no tap |
root and will blow down, or bear
little or no fruit; that this is the
reason why apple orchards In this
country fail to bear; that in Ohio
apple trees bear regularly because on
budded stock; that 10 rye oden time
trees bore well because budding was
the only method; that the exoroitant
price (S35.OO per lOO) for their apple
trees was justified by the high price
OF French crabapple seed (s25O0
per bu.) used by them and extra ex-
pense in cultivation, &c $50 called
French crab seed is taken from cider
mills in France, the same as here,
aud costs about 50 90 ger bu. more,
because ofimport duty and freight)
AS matter OF fact all cherries,
plums, peaches, apricots ard most
ounces and pears are 6nGded by all
nurserymen, simply because The stock
and cion do not mite well when
grated. Apples are generally grated
and have been from time immemorial,
as old works on horticulture show. 1
saw apple trees grated over forty
years ago and have seen some Of those
tysss bear bountiful crops In Their {, Id
age in This county only few years ago
A graft with the united parts
placed under ground heals over quick
ly, and forms q better union Than a
bud inserted In the bark apoye
ground. Another objection to budded
apple trees is the habit of throwing
up suckers from their base.
The samples of split roots these
agents carry to show the black or dis
eased part Of grated trees are simply
selected for the purpose. The same
thing can be shown by selecting
diseased budded trees, in fact sound
budded trees show more dead woOd
than grated ones, because the wounC
left where the Seeding is cut OF
above the bud requir,s from one t
three years to heal over. But III
part probably is not shown by thesl
agents II our past three years fail
ure iu apple crops is due to grated
roots, why is it that the thousands o
budded apple trees sold in this count,
In 10 by the Spaldlng, III nurser.
(the pioneers in budded apple trees
and later thousands more by tn
Stark Bros Louisiana, Mo, and tel
/ years ago over 5000 by Teubner 1
q Aull, bear no better than Prafte
trees planted at the same time?
The fact is, the failure 10 appl
crops here during the past few yeal
is due to adverse climatic induenct
In Ohio as we'll as In every otht
apple state the past year the app
crop was practically failure. Tru,
some favored localities in Easter
states had fair crop, but SO did po
tioDs Of Kansas and Missouri.
For instance, nearly every app
tree in Lexington was loaded wit
fruit, the past season, whilst COUNT
orchards we're bare OF fruit; th
proves that favorable euylronmeI
overcame adverse climatic condition
And all or nearly all ofaess trees we
gyaffea onesl Old settlers know th
previous to "a peach trees bore re-
ularly; why not now? Yet peat
trees are invariably 6added by
nurseries,
AS to tap roots, Apple trees ha
no tap root when OF bearing ag
Sixteen years ago / assis ed In dlggil
up every stump OF some $50 apr
trees, grown in orchard from nurse
rowe planted before the war. AS the
were never transplanted they cure
ought to nave grown tap roots, b
only ons was found with 70
Yrowirg deeper than we grubbe
J. o. Evans, for twenty years pr,
Ident OF the Missouri State Hortic
tural Society, stated 10 a meeting
enaf cnoiatu tlsat ha hoa d,,. 80, a