. The American home garden. Being principles and rules for the culture of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and shrubbery. To which are added brief notes on farm crops, with a table of their average product and chemical constituents. Gardening. a. A pair of root stocks, pieces of root from mature trees. b. A pair of root stocks, pieces of the tap-root of one or tivo-year-old seedlings. should never be resorted to; such stocks generally make only a one-sided growth of root, and, as in the case of sucker stocks, leave the tree to the mercy of the wind. It requires symmet- rical roots to sustain a tre
. The American home garden. Being principles and rules for the culture of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and shrubbery. To which are added brief notes on farm crops, with a table of their average product and chemical constituents. Gardening. a. A pair of root stocks, pieces of root from mature trees. b. A pair of root stocks, pieces of the tap-root of one or tivo-year-old seedlings. should never be resorted to; such stocks generally make only a one-sided growth of root, and, as in the case of sucker stocks, leave the tree to the mercy of the wind. It requires symmet- rical roots to sustain a tree in erect and healthful growth (see Fig. 89 b, page 20-1). Neither offshoot, nor sucker, nor root stock will fm-nish these, unless, possiUy, the tap-root of a seedling cut into lengths, which, perha]3s, may be expected to retain throughout its growth the natm-al habit of its seedling form (Fig. 85 &). ROOT SUCKERS. Fig. Eunoer roots and their suciiers, with feeble hair-like rootlets. Root suckers are often used for stocks. These differ from offshoots or stem suckers in that they are thrown up from pe- culiar runner-roots, which do not supply food to the tree, but rather abstract it to support the young ]jrood they put forth. This habit of throwing up suckers is transmitted to the suck- er, and W'hen it is used as a stock the tree becomes a nuisance, not only generally failing to firm sufficient root to support it- self, but, instead of this, spreading around it a young forest of. 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 Watson, Alexander. New York, Harper & Brothers
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