. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ittle time is consumed in theprocess. How Stored.—If the cut-tings are made in the fall orearly winter they should bestored. A suitable storage placeis the common cellar or vege-table pit. The cuttings are tiedin bundles and properly 25.—Forms of hard wood cuttings, s, \ wooden label and soft pencil simple; M, mallet; H, heel; E, single eye. r should be used. Indicate
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ittle time is consumed in theprocess. How Stored.—If the cut-tings are made in the fall orearly winter they should bestored. A suitable storage placeis the common cellar or vege-table pit. The cuttings are tiedin bundles and properly 25.—Forms of hard wood cuttings, s, \ wooden label and soft pencil simple; M, mallet; H, heel; E, single eye. r should be used. Indicate thenumber, kind and date. Immerse these bundles in wet sand orwet sawdust in boxes which are well drained and keep them thor-oughly wet until planting time the next spring. Callousing.—During the storage period the cut surfaces becomecalloused or healed over, and it is believed that the roots start bestfrom near the calloused surfaces. Many hard wood cuttings willnot grow unless they have passed through the callousing are a number of exceptions to this, however. Planting Hard Wood Cuttings.—No definite rule can be givenregarding the best time for planting the cuttings in the open garden. CARE AND MANAGEMENT 41 or nursery row. Better to err on the side of being rather late thantoo early with this work. Have the soil well prepared by deepplowing and thorough pulverizing, A rich black loam is to be pre-ferred as it will hold moisture well. A trench or furrow may bemade with a turning plow or single shovel plow. Place the cuttingsalong the straight side of the furrow. (Fig. 26). If simple, heel,or mallet cuttings are used one or two buds may be left protrudingfrom the ground. An inch or two of the stem is enough, and theremainder should be in the ground even if the cuttings are eight orten inches in length. Throw the soil back against the cuttings andfirm it in place with the foot. This will bring the moisture to the
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