Archive image from page 50 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 APP 55 APP Fig. 16.—(P. 51.) of many of the plants that I have thus obtained, possess much of the character of the apple, whilst they vegetate as early in the spring as the crab of Sibe- ria, and possess at least an equal power of bearing cold; and I possess two plants of the family which are quite as hardy as the most austere crab of our woods.' By cuttings.—All the varieties may be raised in this mode, though some, as the Burr-knot, Codling, and June- eatin
Archive image from page 50 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 APP 55 APP Fig. 16.—(P. 51.) of many of the plants that I have thus obtained, possess much of the character of the apple, whilst they vegetate as early in the spring as the crab of Sibe- ria, and possess at least an equal power of bearing cold; and I possess two plants of the family which are quite as hardy as the most austere crab of our woods.' By cuttings.—All the varieties may be raised in this mode, though some, as the Burr-knot, Codling, and June- eating, more readily than others. Trees so raised are said to be not so liable as their parents to canker. In February take cuttings of young shoots from some of the horizontal branches, about eight inches long, cutting off a portion of the old wood of the branch attached to the shoot; remove all the buds except the upper three. Plant these firmly in sandy loam, giving water and covering with g. hand-glass until the cuttings have well vegetated. Shade from the mid- day sun; remove the hand-glass in Au- gust; and remove the plants into the nursery early in November. Soil.—The most favourable soil is a strong loam, two feet deep, on a dry subsoil, thoroughly drained, for stag- nant root moisture induces canker and moss. Planting.—The soil should be trench- ed, and some cultivators place imme- diately beneath each tree, according to the extent of its roots, chalk, stones, or brick-bats rammed so as to form a kind of pavement to direct the roots horizontally. Plant so that the roots nearest the surface are twelve inches below it. Espaliers.—In America the apple is seldom trained as an Espalier, though they might thus be cultivated in gar- dens of limited extent, and in some cases serve a double purpose, affording shade and fruit. When first planted the young plant is cut down to within about a foot of the ground, and only three shoots permitted to spring from it,
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