Vol. 11

Title:
PINES BY GRAFTING

Author:
Hans Hess

pp: 35

Abstract:
The Program Chairman very kindly allotted me ten minutes to talk on the grafting of Pines. I believe this is about eight minutes more than is necessary to cover this method of production which is rapidly growing extinct.

A few more years experience with mist propagation and some new additions in the field of root inducers and inhibitors and all of us old grafters are going to be without a trade.

There is only one reason for producing Pine Selections by grafting; up to this time no better or cheaper method has been found. What are some of the Pines reproduced by grafting? All of the selections of White Pine, the fastigiate, the pendulous, the globe and dwarf form, the various selections of Scotch Pine and also Swiss Stone Pine. This last Pine can be grown from seed, however, it is a very slow process and the variation in the seedlings is considerable.

The various Pine Selections that are being grafted today are either sports which are quite common among seedlings or the result of

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