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Acknowledgments:
We would like to thank Anthony Dillard,
Amy Helms, and Ashley Gammon for
providing valuable technical support.
Special thanks go to Tom Williams and
Glen Price for supplied seed.
Table 1. Comparison of grafting frequency and transplant survival frequency for the
different cultivars and different grafting methods.
% Graft Number of % 3d % 10d
Variety Method
survival* transplants Survival** Survival**
Royal Sweet Parafilm 26 26 83b 69b
Royal Sweet Toothpick 33 33 83b 67b
Royal Sweet Non-grafted NA 33 100a 91a
Sugar Time Parafilm
30
30
70b 37b
Sugar Time Toothpick 29 29 73b 24b
Sugar Time Non-grafted NA 33 98a 98a
*% Graft survival = (successful grafts/attempted grafts) x 100. One hundred graft attempts were
made for each treatment. There were no significant differences at the P0.05 level of probability.
**Percentage of plants surviving 3 and 10 days after transplanting. Means followed by the same
letter are not significantly different at the P0.05 level of probability.
Table 2. Wind speed weather data for 10 days
following transplanting.
Days after Average
transplant (mph) Gust (mph)
0 5 18
1 8 27
2 5 32
3 9 22
4 8 19
5 9 20
6 8 21
7 7 24
8 6 20
9 8 20
10 6 16
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