f hickories that we have. In preparation for
this and through the kindness of Mr. Henry Hicks of Westbury, L. I.,
over 100 each of hickory trees of several species were obtained and set
out in the fall of 1919. They were in fine condition for grafting this
spring. There are some fifteen species of hickories native in the United
States. The fine varieties of hickories that we have which are generally
supposed to be largely shagbarks may prove to be much better adapted for
grafting on some stocks than on others. A knowledge of this will prove
to be of great value in top working. The grafting was done by Dr.
Deming, on May 29, 30,31 and June 1 of this year, 31 grafts being set on
shagbark stock, 52 on mockernut, 53 on pignut, 47 on pecan and 91 on
bitternut, a total of 274. There were also 343 walnut grafts set on
walnuts of four species. The results of this work are summarized in the
tables following:

HICKORIES, SCIONS FROM YOUNG TREES

Stocks, Number of Grafts and Per Cent of Catches

Bitternut Mockernut[1] Pecan Pignut Shagbark Total
Variety No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Barnes, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 3 100.0 3 100.0 3 100.0 3 100.0 6 100.0 18 100.0
Gobble, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 1 100.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 1 0.0 5 80.0
Griffin, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 1 100.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 5 60.0
Hales, scions
W. G. Bixby's trees 5 100.0 5 60.0 5 80.0 4 25.0 19 68.4
Kirtland, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 3 66.7 3 33.3 3 66.7 3 66.7 12 58.3
Laney, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 6 66.7 6 66.7
Long Beach, scions
Parent Tree 3 33.3 3 66.7 4 50.0 4 25.0 3 100.0 17 53.0
Siers, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 5 100.0 5 100.0
Stanley, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 3 66.7 3 66.7 3 66.7 9 66.7
Taylor, scions
Dr. Deming's trees 4 75.0 5 60.0 5 80.0 3 100.0 17 86.5

Total 34 80.8 24 60.8 22 68.1 22 72.9 11 75.0 113 74.0

[Footnote 1: The mockernuts were larger than any other hickories grafted
excepting some bitternuts referred to in the ne