Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting: Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
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Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting: Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
Northern Nut Growers Association -- Periodicals; Nut trees -- Periodicals; Nuts -- Periodicals
In a short but very interesting report to the Nut Congress of Grenoble
in October, 1936 by Mr. Leon Treyves, and very kindly sent on to us, the
author says, "This procedure, devised by my family around 1880, consists
of grafting on one year old roots, branches from selected, vigorous
trees, either by cleft or English grafts, whichever gives best fit of
scion (which is generally smaller than root) and stock. Graft is then
tied with raffia and waxed to avoid all contact with air and placed in a
moderately heated frame. After a month of this treatment the graft has
taken. Then it is gradually accustomed to open air and the frame is
removed. In the fall or the following spring the graft may be planted in
its permanent location or in nursery row.
This system presents numerous advantages:
1. Rapidity, since the plants can be grafted after one year,
instead of three or four.
2. Economy of time and expense, since considerable numbers of grafts
can be made rapidly and in limited space.
3. More rapid development of growth and fruiting. Saplings of 1 to 2
meters planted in winter of '28-'29 measured in October '36 25-27
cm. in circumference at one meter from ground. Trees two and three
years old, still in nursery, are bearing one to two normally
developed fruits.
The author indicates that he uses _nigra_ for stocks, "since that is the
only one that has proved its adaptation to grafting and its resistance
to the "pus disease"."
At the time he gave his paper in '36 Mr. Treyves announced that he was
continuing his grafting experiments on _J. Sieboldiana, cordiformis_ and
_torreyi. [J. torreyi_ = _J. major_--J. C. McDaniel.]
Mr. Treyves, whom we cannot thank too much for his favor, was kind
enough to set forth the preliminary techniques of his method of
root-grafting. We give a resume of them here.
1. Preparation. Plant nuts well-spaced in rows in good soil, convenient
to irrigation, if needed. Clean nuts of good quality, previously
stratified, should be planted in winter. Plants are lifted before the
following spring and heeled in. For scions wood of 7-8 cm. is cut from
young, healthy and vigorous trees and passed to the grafter at the same
time as the roots, which have been previously lifted, washed and cut off
at the crown or a little below. Scion, bevelled, is set either in
English or cleft graft, tied with raffia or with a numbered wool strip,
waxed and potted in rich but light soil, moderately firmed around roots.
Pots are then set in some homogeneous material (waste tan-bark or
sawdust) and left in a moderately heated bed.
2. Care. Watering. Temperature of beds should be kept constant around
grafts and they should be watered every other day. Of course, grass and
mold should be prevented.
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