CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

~alualde in thr Nnrthwtlst, whcrc grc 3 t. hardiness is demanded.
Seedlings cl0 riot. sprout or swkw ldl~*, hit. t,lw natural suckers,
which ;krt~ stunctitlw-4 ustvl for stocks, arty likdy to he more troutksome
ill t llis rvspwt . If strong-growing t0ps are worked on
1norello stocks, I10\v0vcr, there is usually litt1e annOyance from
suckering. ~Ia~hald~ str~ks are gcn;-rally used for the more?lo
cherries.
It is probal~le that sOmr of the nativf> i1merican cherries can be
used as stocks. The comm0n wild red, pin, pigeon Or bird cherry
(,I+urr~ca j~~~lsjjlc~rrn ic*rl) has already been used to sOme extent.
Thr sweet and sour cherries unite readily with it, and bear very
c%rly. It is xet to 1)t> (lt~termind how long the trees will persist, but
trtips sixteen or cightclcxn ~.ears old have been still healthy and
\*ij;orous. It is consi(l~Wd to t)c a decry promising Aock for the
c~dtl prairir s”i;ltPs. The dwarf Or sand cherries (I’runus pmiln
ilIlt\ 1’. B~~.s,Wj/i) give promise as dWarf stocks.
(~‘herry stocks arc worked 1)Ot.h by burlding and grafting. Butlfling
is the c’0mmOn m&lid. The st.0cks sh0uld l>c fit, t.0 work the
scas;on they arti t I’al;~I,li~nt.c~rl, Or in the second summer from seed.
SW41 as are too Stllilll for working then may he allowed to stand
unt it thr following ?-car; or if the number is small, the poor Ones
arc rooted out .
In the \Yest ) whertx grtla t hdiness is required, the vatrides are
crown-gr:lfttd on lIlWX42IlYl stocks in winter. Yearling stocks are
used, an{1 tlitb Gons arc ti to 10 indit5 long. N7ien planted, Only
thtl tnp l)u(l ~1~0~~1~1 11th left i~l)O\~t grnunrl. The cion strikes rOOts,
ant1 own-rOotec1 trees iIN’ ol)t.ainccl.
The ornatrnent;~l c&rrics arc workecl on the stlme stocks as the
fruit-lbearing sorts. Ibtitl~~l(‘l~ and mazzarci :lre commonly used
for all species, the latter for weeping forms which need to be worked
high.
C’herry trees can be top-grafted, as are apple or pear trees.
They are usually gr;tftcd very early in the spring. The chief
requisit.e is that the cions 1~ completely dOrmant.. They should be
cut in winter and stored in an ice-house Or a cold cellar. It is
probable, however, that durable trees cannot be secured by topworking.
The Japanese flowering cherries are Of different species from
the fruit-bearing chc-lrrics, being forms mostly of 1+26?1zM srrrulntn,
P. Ii!nnrsin?lrr, P. Sifl,vltlii, P. ~~frlof71sis, and 1’. sulhirff Iln.
These may be world on mazzard and other stocks of European