. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION OF TREES AND PLANTS 189 The conditions of success are: (1) a vigorous grow- ing stock; (2) a well matured bud; (3) a sharp, thin- bladed knife; (4) a clean, smooth cut; (5) little exposure to the air and a good fit under the bark; (6) firm and even binding. After the buds have been in- serted a week or two the stocks should be examined, and if the bands are cutting into them, the result of rapid growth, they should be loosened a little, or if the. Pis. 08 PlK- 99 Pie. 101 bud
. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION OF TREES AND PLANTS 189 The conditions of success are: (1) a vigorous grow- ing stock; (2) a well matured bud; (3) a sharp, thin- bladed knife; (4) a clean, smooth cut; (5) little exposure to the air and a good fit under the bark; (6) firm and even binding. After the buds have been in- serted a week or two the stocks should be examined, and if the bands are cutting into them, the result of rapid growth, they should be loosened a little, or if the. Pis. 08 PlK- 99 Pie. 101 bud has united sufficiently a cut may be made on the side opposite the bud, when the band will be gradually loosened by the continued growth of the stock. The buds require no further care until the following spring, when the stock is cut off just above the inserted bud, and we have practically the same condition as in the root graft just planted, except that, in the latter, one year's growth of roots has been made in the nursery, while in the former it has been just transplanted. Nursery Treatment—Taking the budded seedling and the newly transplanted root graft, we will give the treatment required to produce a first-class tree for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maynard, Samuel T. (Samuel Taylor), 1844-. New York, Orange Judd company
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