Hunt Institute Archives Text Discovery Platform

6. proved to be more reliable than shield-budding. This has been true of avocados, mangoes, and several other fruit trees, including the annonas. Though shield budding may continue to be preferred in some regions, for some fruits, veneer grafting is gaining ground and should be borne in mind. Almost any well drained soil of good structure is satisfactory for cherimoyas, but it is generally believed that a high lime content is unfavorable. Still more important, however, is perfect drainage. Too much irrigation on soils retentive of moisture is dangerous. Sandy loams are to be preferred for this reason. Trees shoul …

… est means of fertilizing young plants in nursery. I am becoming convinced that Calisayas and Ledgers are going to require a certain amount of fertilization during this stage, if we are to get best results. Grafting. I am not convinced that the method used by Benitez is the best. In any event, so much depends upon grafting that we should not stop short of further study of this problem. And there is the additional one brought up by you - determination of the best season (though I think we already know that; what we need to know is, Can we graft also at other times), further study of kinds of propagating material (s …

Reprinted without change in paging from the 1967 Journal of the Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society, Volume 21 Sidegrafting of Succulent Grapevine Tips onto Established Vines C. O. FOERSTER, Jr. Plant breeders are constantly searching for new techniques that can be used to bring seedlings or controlled crosses into production as soon as possible. This is especially true with grape breeders because depending upon the vigor of the seedling it may take two or more years to grow the plant large enough for fruit production. The technique of side grafting succulent tips of grape seedlings onto canes of established …

4. CASHEWS. This crop is attracting much attention in tropical America. It would be well to assemble promising varieties, vegetatively propagated, for distribution of material to interested regions. The amount of attention devoted to this crop might well be limited until further developments in tropical America point the way. CARICAS. Perhaps not a very promising field, but material from regions where much work has been done might well be brought together for study and distribution. MYRTACEOUS FRUITS. Not many of them are worth pushing, but if a really fine strain of Eugenia uniflora could be developed it would b …

Then a paper on Phytophthora root rot. What is the real situation in Florida; and a few other diseases, mainly scab; and the insect pests, with some notes from tropical America. Annonas. Get John to tell of recent results in Florida--or Seymour Younghans (isn't that his name?) who has fruited some interesting ones. Tell something about propagation. Lychee. Things seem to be in something of a mess. We need an up to date resume of the work done toward more regularity in bearing, and the situation regarding varieties. I have tried to get more information from South China and India but have had no luck at all. Couldn …

… manual on school gardening for maestros in C.A. If the maestros carry out our instructions they will make the Zacapa desert blossom like a rose varidad Paz. They made me put in a dissertation on the art of grafting, which covers the following kinds, to wit, viz: 1. Shield budding 2. Veneer grafting 3. Herbaceous side-grafting 4. Cleft grafting These being the 4 kinds I consider to have proved most useful in Tropical America. Now here is where you enter the picture. We must have good illustrations and the ones my colleague in Rome prepares will only be used over my dead and well decomposed cuerpo. & told then you …

… ires • LEDERLE • S-1 : 805 Dr. Wilson Poponoe, Antigua, Guatemala. Dear Sir : We have been given your address by Dr. Pierre G. Sylvain who suggested that we wish you to secure information on the growing of fruit trees from the temperate zone in high lands of the tropics. In fact, besides information on the varieties to be grown at altitudes varying between 1200 and 2000 meters, which we partly had from excerpts of your book entitled "Fructicultura Centro Americanas", we would also be obliged if you would suggest the name of eventual suppliers of budded or grafted plants in your area likely to supply fruits of goo …

… out the capulin business. Two days ago I sent over to Quezaltenango, where there are three grafted trees of the Catiglata clone from Ecuador. The crop had ripened in June or July, but there clusters of dry fruits hanging on the trees and I picked some and brought them here to Antigua. We have cleaved off the dry flesh and I have cracked open a few seeds and they seem to be in such condition that many of them will germinate. I am emc osing 200 which you can try. As I have written you, the Catiglata cone has been a disappointment here as the fruit on the grafted trees is practically no larger than our native seedli …

bearing trees around Palermo but only one has fruit of really good quality. (I am trying to propagate it). The bud came from California and the fruit looks like a large Fuerte. Some years ago a friend had some restaurants in New York save Avocado seeds and so gathered several hundred which I turned over to the Botanical Garden here to grow, but they did not have much luck - kept them too wet. In the meantime we set several buds on an old sterile tree and now two kinds are bearing on it. Those that have tasted the fruit don't like it and this makes it difficult to create an interest to plant even on an experimenta …

the tree is not very productive, only a few good, large fruits being mature annually. Hand pollination may increase fruit setting when the proper pollinating insects are not active. Considerable variation in yields of seedlings has been noted, especially in Venezuela, and it seems likely that selection of heavy bearing trees and their propagation as varieties would greatly increased production. Propagation by veener grafting is recommended.

value. We do not yet know what can be expected of these hybrids in Guatemala. Some of them, when propagated by grafting, may prove worthy of commercial cultivation. We do not know, in fact, what will be the ultimate thing for commercial cultivation in Guatemala. Will it be grafted trees of the Ledger type, like the best of those grown in Java? Will it be seedling strains of the

Antigua, Guatemala 17 July 1962 Dear Ralph: Jorge received your shipment of budwood and we took it over to Quezaltenango last Sunday where he had to use it for cleft grafting as his seedlings were much too large for budding. The material was 10 days from mailing in Gainesville. Two varieties could not be used - he put in grafts of six. Jorge greatly appreciated your sending the material. We went over his 2-yr old variety collection. Armstrong's "Earligold" had just ripened a tremendous crop. I tried a few of those left - excellent. The standard Florida varieties - Jewel, Angel and so on, are carrying fine large c …

… citrus. During the dry season monthly irrigations are right, unless the soil is very light and sandy, when they should be more frequent. Nothing can be said about fertilizers on the basis of experience in tropical America. Very little pruning is necessary, except to cut out dead twigs and small branches. The loquat usually forms a shapely, compact crown, with fruit borne at the ends of the branchlets. Where conditions of growth are favorable, the trees should come into bearing not later than three or four years after planting. Lo- quats may be harvested individually or by clusters; the former way is usual in tro …

… alot? Po--You be the pioneer and tell me and I will do it and make the money. It's hard to say what crop will be the most valuable in the future. I hope you make a lot of money. We can't expect that these fruit crops we're working on now will be too important because they are limited in their area, very definitely. We can't expect to export apples in any form to the rest of the world. We will probably supply Central America with apples and apple products, and we will probably supply certain areas with canned fruits--apples, pears, peaches. We're working right now on getting a peach that will look just like a Del …

the planters regarding propagation and pruning and so on. The bunches we saw in the Chinamega area were good except that they were somewhat short-fingered; this probably means poor irrigation. I believe you should start at once to see how you are going to sell your fruit. One of the big companies would be the starting place; if they will not obligate themselves, then you will have to see what can be done. I think this point is vital; unless you have a guaranteed outlet for your fruit you may get into real trouble.

… highly resistant to gumming, tristeza, and xyloporosis, but very susceptible to exocortis virus, which causes severe dwarfing. On heavy soils, if the scions used do not carry exocortis, it has advantages. Fruit quality is good on this stock; however, it is not suited to strictly tropical climates. Citranges are hybrids between trifoliate-orange and sweet orange. They have trifoliate leaves like the Poncirus parent. Several have been tested as stocks in California and Florida, and one of them--Troyer or Carrizo--is being used to a certain extent; it is outstanding in resistance to footrot and cold, and in product …

-17- Experimental Granja at Chia (Cundinamarca) This is a small station devoted almost exclusively to what we call "deciduous fruits". Its general aspect is that of a European nursery: apples, peaches, pears, plums, quinces (for stocks) are the major productions. Stocks are almost uniformly produced from cuttings, the claim being made that there is almost no germination of imported seed. Propagation is usually by grafting with two scions for each stock. The difficulties in grafting very largely result from damage to the grafting wax before the union has healed. It is reported that bees carry off the wax almost as …

air mail, a tremendous help. But don't forget the plastics, which are not only useful for shipping cuttings and scions long distances, but also for tying buds and grafts as you make them in the nursery. And I should mention that we are finding the veneer graft extremely useful in the tropics, where we used to have a lot of trouble grafting mangos and several other kinds of fruit trees."

liquid in a cooking vessel, and simmer until the fruit is soft. Pour over the fruit and serve when cold. DATE FLUFFUFF—Stew one pound of dates, drain, and press out the juice, then put through colander and mix with one cup of sugar, one cup of cream, plain or whipped. Beat the whites of three eggs stiff, then add gradually a half-pound of powdered sugar, and beat until fluffy. Fold in the cream, plain or whipped. Beat the whites of three eggs stiff, then add gradually a half-pound of powdered sugar, and beat until fluffy. Fold in the cream, plain or whipped. Budding should be done in spring, when the budwood has …

… already in some growers orchards like Fumero's and in Guimar.We have also since 3 or 4 years Hass,Rincon,Bacon,Zutano,Emerald,McArthur,Anaheim and Corona and this last summer,we received Puebla,Nabal and Frey. Bacon and Emerald have already produced fruit. I believe,we have enough material already and once we have studied it here,we will propagate the best varieties.In the mean time,we will continue propagating Fuerte Java,Jema mainly that we know are good XXX winter varieties. The Haden mangoes grafts have been succesful and from 9 grafts,6 are well established. With best regards to your wife, Very truly yours,