. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. 104 'i' I'RCjl'aca'i (nx cred at New England cider mills, l-'ornierl)- nmst of the a[)ples used were appareiitl}' seedlings, Imt seed of ciilti- \'ated \'arieties has been finding its wax- inl" the commer- cial seed in increasing quantities, due tn the d\ nig nf seedling trees and the increase of cultivated A'arieties, the culls of which arc used for cider. Seedling growers are of opinion that stronger stock trees can be grown from seedling than from budded or grafted trees. ITence A ermont seed is losing its.
. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. 104 'i' I'RCjl'aca'i (nx cred at New England cider mills, l-'ornierl)- nmst of the a[)ples used were appareiitl}' seedlings, Imt seed of ciilti- \'ated \'arieties has been finding its wax- inl" the commer- cial seed in increasing quantities, due tn the d\ nig nf seedling trees and the increase of cultivated A'arieties, the culls of which arc used for cider. Seedling growers are of opinion that stronger stock trees can be grown from seedling than from budded or grafted trees. ITence A ermont seed is losing its. FIG. 163—STREET TREE SPECIFICA- TIONS A, character of top; B. height of lowest branch; C, character of trunk; D, burlap to prevent barking; E, wire netting protector; F, stake to hold tree till established; G, char- acter of roots. reputation, parti}- on this account and parth' because the seed comes more and mrire from decre])it trees and cull fruit. At the present writing most A'er- mont seed is used in the Northern and the Western states, while French seed dominates the middle A^'est and the East. 249. Paradise and Dou- cin stocks for dwarf trees (252) are at present of small importance in Amer- ica, because dwarf trees have here not come into anything like the promi- nence they pla}' in Europe, but the demand for them is increasing, more espe- cially in New England. 250. Securing apple seed. In RTOwiiifi; apple trees Hansen of South Dakota has found that the seed should be separated from cider pomace before plant- ing, since fermentation acts in- juriously. Clean seed \vaslie<l. 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 Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York : Orange Judd Company
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