now just cut it fresh. We have not tried draining
patch-bud or grafts. Although we have not tried it we think cherries and
other trees inclined to drown the buds might be better handled in this
manner. Climate is a factor in the type of propagation advisable. One
very fine grower using buds in California could propagate only by grafts
when he moved to Western Oregon.

The kernel of my walnut budding experience may well be summarized in one
word--drainage.

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Questions asked Mr. Stoke after his demonstration of grafting and
budding. [See his paper in 1946 Report, pp. 99-103.--Ed.]

Member: "How do you keep your scions?"

Stoke: "I prefer 'orange' cold storage for scionwood. This is just above
freezing. Walnuts should be in full leaf before spring budding."

McDaniel: "What percentage of chestnuts did well with the 'plate' method
of budding?"

Stoke: "I don't use it with chestnuts for spring budding, but sometimes
for summer budding. It will work well on any variety of Persian walnut,
heartnut and black walnut. Place buds on the north and northeast side of
tree to prevent sun injury."

Question: "Do you find any difference in using buds from an eight or ten
year old tree as against a younger tree?"

Stoke: "No, not so long as it is healthy. For spring budding I don't
care to have any trees too vigorous. Cut tops off young trees three to
five days after budding, and force the buds into growth. If you delay
too long the bud will die. I wouldn't try to bud trees unless bark is
slipping."

Member: "I have used parapin wax and covered it with old bread paper."

Stoke: "That may work because the wax was shaded. Southern sun may melt
parapin and paraffin waxes."

Mr. Corsan: "Dentists, surgeons and wood carvers make the best
grafters."

Question: "Can the scions be cut with a small plane?"

Stoke: "Anything you have to cut with a plane is too big. I never use a
plane."

Question: "What do you use a splice graft for?"

Stoke: "Anything except walnut. In walnut I use a modified cleft graft,
and I take care of the sap flow by placing the graft down about 1" or
1-1/4" below the cut (where the tree is cut off). Wax the scion but do
not wax the cut. Let it bleed."

Question: "What is the value of cut leaf black walnut?"

Stoke: "Purely ornamental. Weschcke reports that it is very hardy with
him."

Rick: "What about the Lamb walnut?"

Stoke: "We don't know whether the w