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Show HitMAND HOUSEHOLD. H SEASONABLE SAYINOS FROM B' PURAL WRITERS. H Tlir 1llil Nora for (In film ParpiMti lion to H IUIIJ t'y Uor.M-Karlj Had .ats Pots. H Ion Tloiflj Mtt kltck Xolts ' n TU lloilMil'U. H (Irnflliij l'lilmi. M ' Wo hnvo not cut down nil our Wild H Goose plum treos; only thoso too largo m to bo grafted conveniently. Lnst M spi-ln? a packago of troos containing m several of tho, nowcr plums, Do Soto, M Wolf, Spaulding, etc., camo to band B lifter tho mlddlo of April; and ns tho ': shoots bnd mada n slight start In tho B way of growth, so that tho sap in both B btook and don was noarly In tho samo H condition, tho thoug t of grafting soma M of thorn on ono of tlia Wild Goo so trees m camo up; nnd sldo grafting was ndopt- L' oil us giving loss chock to the stock. KV Cclting ready, u thin threc-qunrtor ' ehlsol kept for tho purposo was drlron M v v Into tho sides of sovcral branches qulto H obliquoly und to tho dopth of nn inch B or so, and cions lilted (wedgo shapo) fl .. lo the Bides of onoh incision wcro put HLJx) in placo nnd wnxed carofully. No no HVS1 of tho half expanded buds showed any Bm, Men of witting for sovcrat days and K V homo of thorn not for over it week, H4T ,lul nly ono, tho Spauldlng, finally H7 grow; und It did well. Whether tho HF'" huccchs was duo to this vurloty bolng better adapted to tho stock than tho B other, or to hotter workmanship, can H hardly ba said. Hut tho experiment V '" worth trying again. Thut thcro Is B, more than Is generally bollovcd In V having clou und stock in about equal 1 condition of growth, nnd botli but v slltrhtly udvuncod, seems pretty clear Hl --at least so far ns cherries uud nthor iiniio fruits uro concerned. 1 'I'ho othor fruits, less dlllleult to work, do not soom to roqulro such 7 particular ninnngomont. Hut we may H'i mid that ono enso nt least of tnklng B' i'Iiiiis which had started to grow from H one applo tree and graft thorn on B inuthor closo by was vory successful. H i'ho young lo'ircs, howavor, which H woro fully half an inch in length, Hf wilted and finally dlod nt first that' V Is. tbo outsldo ones -but ovory clon ' ruw and did woll. Tho wilting may 1 hnvo been duo to tho warm, sunshiny H ivcnthor which continued for u wook B or so. 1 Thoso who hnvo boon, unsuccessful fl in grafting chnrrios, plum, oto., may V llnd moro oncourngoment In sldo B grafting, when clon and stock hnvo i both mudo u vory slight growth and P arc about equally udvuncod. National fa Stockman. |
