. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 62 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. cutting. This theory has for its support the fact, that there is in such a cutting a larger amount of organizable matter to be developed into the new parts to be produced, and certainly, if neglected, short cuttings will be very apt to suffer from drought, but in practice, it is found that the short cutting plants have better roots, which are near the surface, and even those plants, grown from single eyes, are better furnished than long cuttings produced upon the old plan, which placed the roots deep in the Fio'. 2.—ONE-EYE CUT
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 62 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. cutting. This theory has for its support the fact, that there is in such a cutting a larger amount of organizable matter to be developed into the new parts to be produced, and certainly, if neglected, short cuttings will be very apt to suffer from drought, but in practice, it is found that the short cutting plants have better roots, which are near the surface, and even those plants, grown from single eyes, are better furnished than long cuttings produced upon the old plan, which placed the roots deep in the Fio'. 2.—ONE-EYE CUTTINGS OF THE GRAPE. There are various methods of preparing the single-eye cuttings, some of which are represented in fig, 2, Among our cultivated fruits there is but a limited num- ber that need to be propagated by cuttings, though, where it becomes necessary, many of them may be grown in this manner, to which procedure there are no serious objec- tions, though there are some of a theoretical nature. The currant and the gooseberry are increased almost exclusively. 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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