. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 68 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. become firmly established, and may be set out by them- selves, (fig. 4). There is, however, another method of lay- ering, much practiced in the multiplication of the quince; that called propagation by stools. The plants are set in open rows, four feet wide, and three or four feet apart in the rows; they should be so planted as to stand be- low the general surface, that is in trenches. When cut off at the ground in the spring, they throw up a great number of shoots, and the earth is gradually Fig. LAYERING THE WOrkcd Up tO thc
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 68 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. become firmly established, and may be set out by them- selves, (fig. 4). There is, however, another method of lay- ering, much practiced in the multiplication of the quince; that called propagation by stools. The plants are set in open rows, four feet wide, and three or four feet apart in the rows; they should be so planted as to stand be- low the general surface, that is in trenches. When cut off at the ground in the spring, they throw up a great number of shoots, and the earth is gradually Fig. LAYERING THE WOrkcd Up tO thcSC tO CU- QuiNCE. courage their rooting, (see figure 5), which is often sufficient for removal the first season; if, on inspection, the roots are not found to be sufficiently large or abundant, the earthing is continued until the autumn of the next year, when they are remov- ed, the stools trimmed of their lower roots, and reset in new trenches. The plants, thus raised from stools, are cut back severely, and are then ready to set out in nursery rows for budding. With the quince, cultivated in this manner, nothing is required but to accumulate the mel- low earth about the shoots; but in many plants it is necessary to notch the wood by splitting, or cutting it for an inch or two, (as in ^g. 6), making a tongue that sepa- rates from the lower portion of the shoot, and from which the roots are emitted. This slit should be commenced just below a bud, and the knife is drawn upward, cutting half- way through the wood. If commenced at one side instead. 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 Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and company
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