Mr. Philips: Not with me it hasn't been. I set some thirty years ago. I never had a Patten's Greening injured with the cold. It is very hardy.
Mr. Street: How about the Brier's Sweet crab? I grafted some last year and had a larger percentage of the scions live on those than on the Hibernal.
Mr. Philips: You wouldn't get as good a growth afterwards. The scions on the Virginia would grow better and have a better top. I don't think the Brier's Sweet is as vigorous as Virginia.
Mr. M'Clelland: I grafted on 120 Hibernals this spring and got hardly one failure.
Mr. Philips: You did good work.
Mr. M'Clelland: Made a growth of three to four feet, some of them.
Mr. Philips: That is good.
Mr. M'Clelland: Have you anything as good?
Mr. Philips: If I had Hibernals I would graft them, but if I had to set something on purpose for grafting I would set Virginias. I have had better success with that variety for stocks.
Mr. Kellogg: Too big a growth on the graft is liable to be injured in the winter, is it not?