Teh Biennial Report - Kansas State Horticultural Society Volume 35 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...If we prepare the ground in the fall and get moisture it is all right. Professor Kelly: This paper contains a lot of information it is well for people to have. In doing agricultural work as we do with people all over the state, it really takes an expert to make a success of propagating shrubs and vines; and there are a lot of people who try to propagate vines and cuttings who do not know how. If this society could get this paper out by the thousands and distribute it over the state, it would result in doing much good. The President: I would like to ask about fall planting. If we plant early and the cuttings begin to grow and we have a late frost, they are killed. Mr. Worden: With each propagation you have to follow out the characteristics of the plant. With some plants you have to cut them in the fall and bed them in for the long winter to get successful results. We find that with Spirea tamarack we can plant most any time through the winter. The grape cuttings must be planted in the spring. You must study the individual characteristics of the plant you are trying to propagate and follow the plan for that particular plant. Different methods are used for different varieties of cuttings; we find it is most successful to bed-in the grapevine cuttings in the fall and plant them out in the spring. A Member: You do not set them out in the fall? Mr. Worden: No, it is sometimes the first of May before we plant. A Member: I would like to ask about seedling apple trees for grafting and if there is shortage of the seed. Mr. Worden: I am trying to find that out myself. There is soil better than others for growing seedling apples. Some soils produce a greater per cent of long, straight roots, from which straighter, healthier and more grafts can be secured. The Kaw river...