. The cultivation of fruit trees and shrubs [microform]. Fruit trees; Fruit-culture; Arbres fruitiers; Arboriculture fruitière. FKUIT THEKS AND SHUUHS. 71. A ,f H Wl, or as it is u sli,, ... euttin. (hj,) partly hunt-l in with one or two eyes at least under the as many above, throws out routs and produces a plant exactly similar to the tree from winch the cutting was taken. TJiere are many conditions rei|iii- site for the success of a cutting It is done with a leafy branch, ;more surely under the shelter of a bell or ''**''" â¢'^â¢-''&qu
. The cultivation of fruit trees and shrubs [microform]. Fruit trees; Fruit-culture; Arbres fruitiers; Arboriculture fruitière. FKUIT THEKS AND SHUUHS. 71. A ,f H Wl, or as it is u sli,, ... euttin. (hj,) partly hunt-l in with one or two eyes at least under the as many above, throws out routs and produces a plant exactly similar to the tree from winch the cutting was taken. TJiere are many conditions rei|iii- site for the success of a cutting It is done with a leafy branch, ;more surely under the shelter of a bell or ''**''" â¢'^â¢-''"'t"'f« ^""â¢â¢ else with a branch <letached at the pruning season and then or partiully buried until such as the heated ground permits the planting and assures its growtli. The younger the wood and the more it is taken from a en er and kind of tree, the c,âicker and easily .t throw out roots, Wood of a year old is ; Tsell '""' '"â " ''''' '^"^ '^' '"^^ -« ^â¢--»-« The principal roots only grow from the , two or three buned eyes which are nearest to the surface, these eyes thrown,g out roots the â.ore easily, the nearer they are to he surface of the heated ground ; from the eyes which are buned cJeeper nothing grows but small fibres which rot away m a very short time. ^ Two eyes under ground and two above .rrou .1 ar- generally sufficient unless the cutting is strong. L each eye throws out roots intended for the shoot which sprouts on the «ume side, each cutting should have two eyes at least one on each so that there may be roots on the whole circu. - terence of the stem and also two eyes nt .oust above the ground so that there may be shoots also on each side. If a cutting only throws out a single root on one side of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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