Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture Volume 47 (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. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...the root had as much to do with the fruit as any other part of the tree. President Stevens: It seems that your experiments, Mr. Burton, are not yet complete. Mr. Burton: No, but facts point our way. I think they are complete as far as the influence of the root is concerned. As I said before, the wagon brings bad wheat to the market and the miller makes bad flour, but that is no fault of the wagon's. We have not given this question close enough study. I do not believe the Creator made things in this way. Mr. Rntliff: I would like to know, Mr. Burton. if grafting any variety 'On a seedling stock would be just as well as grafting on a more hardy variety whose ripening season corresponds with that of the scion? Wouldn't it be better to graft iuto the larger, stronger varieties with this point iu view? It has been advocated by some that varieties that mature near the same time should be grafted together. Summer varieties should be grafted to stocks that mature during tlw summer, and autumn varieties to those that mature iu the autumn, etc. I should like to know if you have conducted any experiments along this direction, and, if so, what has been the result. Mr. Burton: Now, we grafted Yellow Transparent on Wild Crab in the proper season, and they have developed very fine Yellow Transparents. Prof. Troop will bear evidence to this. If Mr. Ratcliff's questions were to be answered in the affirmative we would have to do things quite differently from what we do now. If this were true we would have queer orchards. Mr. Lafuse: I think the variation of varieties from seed comes from the pollenization at the time of blooming. When you plant a seed you have influences at work which were never there before. Mr. Burton: I can not say, but I do think it has an...