The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-05

slightly deeper The iron wedge .
then removed from the middle II the
cleft and the cut surfaces. .lCIut.rg
The tip Of the scion. covered with spe-
cidLlv prepared grating wax. care be
ing take not 10 cover the buds. II the
stock Is inclined 10 split further after
the wedge has been removed. II should
ae lightly wound with several wrap
pings OF a stout. rather coarse mate
rial tef0re wax is applied.
Thin calico or cheap muslin sarurat-
ed in melted wax. drained and allowed
20 cool. makes material which answers
both as wax and a. A binding SUD-
stance. The cloth should be torn into
strips Of convenient width before BE-
ing immersed in the liquid When It
| IS thoroughly saturated. il should be
taken from the solution and the excess
/ Of hot wax removed.
/ Another method Of grating is
/ known in he nursery as whip graft
/ ing. This operation Is usually per
! formed in the latter part Of the dor
/ mant season at some point on the
! trunk which may be immediatel be-
! low the surface or several inches IN
! dergrOund The stock and the scion
! should be very nearly the same size
and preferably not more than three
/ fOurths OF an inch in diameter. With
the knife held so as 20 make an up
ward stroke, cut the stock entirely
across az long angle. About one
third OF the distance from the upper
end OF the cut, make an inCisiOn
parallel with he grain. Cut the scion
a. as nearly the same angle as posi-
ole and make Z. similar inCisiOn in the
cut surface Push the cut surfaces to-
gether in such way that the tongue
OF the scion made BY the incision will
be crowded into the groove made by
the inCision in the stock. Bind the
two parts together with ratTia or other
material and pack firmly with earth
l.. his process the use Of wax "a not
necessary. In some respects budtec
trees are preferable 10 grated ones
and it is probable that more peCar
trees have been propagared by annual
budding in some form than BIZ all 9th
er methods combined. This process /:
performed during the summer AZ hi
time when the bark slips or peels tn,
most readily Annular budding con
sists in transferring a ring Of bari
cut from q bud stick Of the desired va
rietv to which a bud is attached =
rho trunk IT branch Of another ire
10 take the place Of similar ring O
bark previously removed Special
designed tools are used for the pun
4 pose Of cutting the rings After IN
TWO rings have been exchanged II
stock should be wrapped at once wit
| wax cloth. care being taken not t
4 cover the bu
l With the annular method II Is net
essary to have stock and scion Of a.
proximatelv the same size. If the bu
stick is slightly larger than the stool
norton Of the bark to which the bu
is attached may be cut away so thu
the two ends Of the ring Just NEE
q around the stock. If the bud stick
smaller than the stock, a strip Of bar
~ on the iatJeE may Ne 4elL III poSl4p
'e to complete the ring. In actual pra
G. tice this is very frequently done an
is known as patch budding.
The propagation Of pecans is Of pa
=, ticular importance because it is esse
;" tial to success that the right varieti,
be grown in the best localities. 4 Il
- of these varieties and he localities
y which they are best suited is co
tanned in the bulletin already me
- | toned