. American forestry. Forests and forestry. THE WILLOWS 9 became important in France and Gemiany, and later, in England. Previous to the European war, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, and Russia grew basket willows extensively, and had a large export trade in willow rods and basket ware. Experience has proved that willow makes the most durable and serviceable baskets. Basket willows intended to be used with the bark on must be smooth, tough, flex- ible, branchless, and cylindrical, and the color of the bark must remain a light brown. Those to be used in the peeled state must h
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. THE WILLOWS 9 became important in France and Gemiany, and later, in England. Previous to the European war, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, and Russia grew basket willows extensively, and had a large export trade in willow rods and basket ware. Experience has proved that willow makes the most durable and serviceable baskets. Basket willows intended to be used with the bark on must be smooth, tough, flex- ible, branchless, and cylindrical, and the color of the bark must remain a light brown. Those to be used in the peeled state must have the same general characteristics, and must remain white in color when peeled. In addition to these qualities, the rods must have a small pith and straight grain in order to bring the highest market price. In many places in the United States basket willows are grown on ordinary corn land, but generally if they are planted on high ground, the land chosen is deep and heavy, but when the willow bed is subject to overflow, the land may be poorer in quality. Usually the ground is prepared as for ordinary field crops, and cuttings, 10 or 12 inches long, are planted 9 inches to a foot apart, in An attempt to replace European grown willows with imports from Japan has not been on a sufficient scale to affect the market. The importers of Japanese rods of good quality have been asking top prices for their ware, rather than attempting to capture the market by under-. WILLOW WARE ARTICLES A fine German lunch basket, a dog basket made in New York, and a best quality Liverpool clothes-basket. rows 2]i to 3 feet apart, or from 14,000 to 23,000 cut- tings per acre. Sufficient cultivation is given to prevent the willows from being smothered by grass and weeds. Osier culture was begun in the United States by Ger- man immigrants, and the industry attained its largest proportions between 1870 and 1875. At present, basket willows are grown only in restricted localities in a rela- tively small por
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