Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1916-02-02

slightly deeper. The iron wedge ia
then removed from the middle of the
cleft and the cut surfaces. including
the tip Of the scion. covered with spe-
cially prepared grating wax, care be-
Ing take not to cover the buds II the
stock is inclined to split further after
the wedge has been removed. II should
be tightly wound with several wrap
pings OF a stout. rather coarse mate
rial tefore wax is applied.
Thin calico or cheap muslin saturat.
ed In melted wax, drained and allowed
TO cool, makes material which answers
both as wax and rs binding sub.
stance. The cloth should be torn into
strips OF convenient width before be-
ing immersed in the liquid. When II
Is thoroughly saturated. 1t should be
taken from the solution and the excess
OF hot wax removed.
Another method OF grating is
known in the 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 Immediately be-
low the surface or several inches un-
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 to make an up
ward stroke. cut the stock entirely
across at a long angle. About one
third of the distance from the upper
end of the cut. make an inc,sion
parallel with the grain. Cut the scion
at as nearly the same angle as posi-.
BILE and make IA similar incision In the
cut surface. Push the cut surfaces to-
gether in such way that the tongue
q: 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 raffia or other
material and pack firmly with earth
In this process the use OF wax IL not
necessary In some respects budded
trees are preferable to grated ones
and II rs probable that more pecan
trees have been propagated by annular
budding In some form than by all 9th
| er methods combined. This process Is
| performed during the summer at the
| time when the bark slips or peels the
most readily. Annular budding con.
sists in transferring ring OF bark
cut from bud stick of the d. -'red va.
| riety to which bud Is attached 10
/ the trunk )r branch OF another tree
/ to take the place of a similar ring of
! bark previously removed Specially
! designed tools are used for the pur.
| pose of cutting the rings. After the
two rings have been exchanged the
stock should be wrapped at once with
wax cloth. care being taken not to
| cover the bu
With the annular method II Is nee
essary to have stock and scion OF ap
proximateiy the same size II the bud
stick is slightly larger than the stock
a portion OF the bark to which the bud
Is attached may be cut away so that
the two ends OF the ring just NEE,
around the stock. II the bud stick IL
smaller than the stock. a strip of bark
on the latter may be left In position
to complete the ring In actual prae
ticc this Ia very frequently done an
is known as patch budding.
The propagation OF pecans is OF par
ticular Importance because IL Ia essen
tial to success that the right varieties
be grown in the best localities. A lis
of these varieties and .he localities Il
which they are best suited Is con
tanned in the bulletin already men
toned.