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In May 2004, Ken Mudge, Brian Caldwell, Rich Hindle, Marguerite Wells top-grafted several clonal selections of hickory cultivars onto hickory tree seedlings at the Nut Grove.
While small, the seeldings were likely several decades old. The team used the Inlay Bark Grafting method illustrated in MacDaniels 1977 extension bulletin, Nut Growing in the Northeast.
Although hickories are one of the most difficult species to graft about half of the grafts 'took'. "That's pretty good for a bunch of beginners," notes Mudge. "We're experienced grafters, but none of us had ever grafted hickory before."
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Hickories at the Nut Grove grafted in 2004.
'Wilcox' hickory grafted onto seedling.
Close-up of inlay bark graft.
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