The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-01-15

bad kind of quarantining it is doubt
full if our British cousins across the
line would be consistent in throwing
the first stone. Washington should
pause before Californians are accused
of being sinners above others in such
things.
| am delighted with what Prof. Me-
lander has furnished on this matter.
We can learn how to know the insect
from what he says and we can also
tell how to proceed against it. l
have found Melander to be very safe
guide on insects and how to combat
them
MIR. G.. A Warner, Prosser, Wash,
under date of Dec. 26, asks the fol-
lowing questions: Il would be pleased
to have you answer few questions
through our esteemed paper, the
Ranch First, would it make any ma
terial difference in the size OF the
pear by having. it bu0ded on an apple
Seeding instead OF pear seedllng
Second, will the pear on an apple seed
ling make as rapid growth as on It's
natural roots? Third, isn't it fact
that a pear budded on an apple seed
ling is a longer lived and more hardy
tree and has more resistant power
to hold it's ponderous load of fruit than
on it's natural roots? Fourth, and now
as to the best money maker among the
pear family, taking into consideration
their defects such as blight, etc., and
their superior quality, which one would
YOU prefer above all others? Which
would be your second choice Fifth,
do YOU recommend budding the Ouch
ess on ounce root? Sixth, which
pear is the better, the Buerre d'AnJou
or the Duchess d'Angouleme?"
Before | answer these queries |
want to say something about budding
and grating one kind of fruit on an,
other kind. 1t is quite mistake to
suppose that one kind of tree can
be grown successfully on any other
kind. To form proper union ana
make a successful growth the two
kinds of trees must be nearly related.
One genus will rarely ever do any
good on another. For instance, the
apple belongs to the genus pyrus and
the oak to the genus quercus, and
they will not form the proper union
if one is grated or budded into the
other. Now the apple and the pear
are more nearly related than the ap-
pie and the oak, for the apple is the
pyrus malus and the pear is the pyrus
communis, that is, they differ not in
the genus, which is pyrus, but in the
species, which is malus and commu-
mis- respectively. So at first it might
appear that one could be grated on
the other successfully but they cannot.
The peach belongs to the genus pru-
nus and so does the cherry, the peach
being the prunus Persica and the sour
cherry being prunuS cerasuS and the
sweet cherry the prunus avlum. But
the peach will not unite with the
cherry. So we may say that it is only
the nearly related species, as rule,
that will form proper union. The
peach and apricot are nearly related
and one will grow on the other, so will
plums grow on peach stocks. The ap-
pie and the pear, however, though
differing only in the species, will not
do well in grating or budding. They
will form a union but 1T is not a good
one Nurserymen, therefore, after
many trials, do not try to unite them
only in an experimental way.
From what | have said above friend
Warner can see that can not give any
satisfactory answer to his questions
about growing pears on apple stocks.
In such cases | do not know. AS
to his fourth question, l have no hest
fancy in saying that, all points con-
sidered, | would prefer the Bartlett
as money maker. In some localities
the Commice pear makes the most
money, but l have had no experience
with it. Some of my neighbors are
trying this pear in the Yakima valley
and it is possible that in time it may