Dr. Smith: If he wants to keep his record he better not do any more grafting.
Dr. Zimmerman: Pretty near everybody this year reports a miserable failure. There must be some reason.
Dr. Smith: It may be the drought.
Prof. Drake: I only got three to grow. We had enough rain in the spring.
Dr. Zimmerman: My opinion is that last winter was hard on wood. There was an early freeze in the central states. My observation is that the wood was injured through the winter. I think any scion wood was not very good.
Prof. Drake: In our part of the country the temperature ran from 24 to 26 below zero.
Mr. Hershey: If you notice in making the graft little pin points of black on the scions, you can almost bet on a failure.
Dr. Zimmerman: Some of the worst looking scions at times grow the best. You put them on and they all grow. Another time you have beautiful scions and they all die.
Mr. Harrington: There is injury you can't see with the naked eye. The wood was unripened when our winter set in. We had a very severe winter in our section here. My practice has been to store my scion wood in November.
Mr. Frey: The cold weather in January wouldn't affect that. I am inclined to think the scion wood injury was done before winter set in.