Col. Sober: This wax I have tried on thousands and thousands of grafts and it stands all kinds of weather. You can get wax that's been there 8 or 10 years and you can take it off now and use it.
Mr. Jones: That is one advantage of using the tallow; linseed oil will dry out.
Col. Sober: Tallow is the best; that's been my experience.
A Member: If linseed oil is not used immediately or very soon, it gets hard.
Mr. Jones: It's all right in wax and all right in cloth, too, if you keep it in a damp place till ready to use.
Mr. Hutt: Can you use parafine in place of beeswax?
The Chairman: Have you tried this method on the other hickories besides the pecans?
The Chairman: You've got shagbark to catch fairly well, have you by this method?
The Secretary: How did your pecans and hickories do last summer?
Mr. Jones: I've forgotten the exact percentage that grew. Some died after they had made a growth of several inches. I think I left too many limbs growing on the hickories. Some of them made quite good growth.
A Member: When is this kind of grafting done?
The Chairman: What do you cover the top with?
Mr. Jones: With wax. We leave this open at the bottom, for the reason that the sap can get out and not ferment. If it holds the sap, it will sour you know.
The Chairman: How far down does your wax go, Mr. Jones?
Mr. Jones: Far enough to cover up the wrapping.
A Member: Does that work on pecans as well as hickories?
Mr. Jones: Yes sir. To show the value of this patch, we have grafted rows side by side and got 80 per cent where we used this patch and 34 per cent where we waxed it over solid and left no ventilation or exit for the sap.
A Member: Isn't that to keep the wax out of the cambium layer?
Prof. Smith: Are there any fine points about this trimming, other than mere wedge?
Mr. Jones: No sir, only it's thick on one side, as you will see so that it wedges tightly.
A Member: Isn't it a fact that you can use three and four year pecan wood just as well?
Mr. Jones: Yes sir, two year wood or three will give you better results than one year.
Col. Sober: What time in the season do you graft?
Mr. Jones: The 20th of April to the 20th of May here.
Prof. Smith: What stage of stock do you prefer?
Mr. Jones: Well it doesn't matter, you can graft these after they have made a foot of new growth, if you've got a good dormant scion; you could put in a graft any time in the summer, perhaps.