Dr. Crane: "What cut did you use in grafting those chestnuts?"
Stoke: "Modified cleft. In using Dr. Morris' bark slot graft I find it best to leave just a little of the cut face of the scion wedge above the top of the stock. This, with top of the stock cut sloping away from the scion, as illustrated, promotes quick healing with no 'die-back.'"
Dr. Smith: "Is that top slanting?"
Stoke: "Yes, I cut it slanting."
Dr. MacDaniels: "That is a good graft for walnuts, too."
Note: Mr. Stoke showed the group a picture of a mockernut tree in one of his fields which he had girdled to kill it. The tree lived four years and during those years the moisture had to go up through the inner wood.
The substance of Mr. Stoke's talk, together with illustrations, may be found on page 99 of the 1946 report.