. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. A manual and text-book of elementary agriculture for schools. Agriculture. PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. !27 i^ itics where; the winter is severe, it is best to take the cuttino- Ix'fore cold weather. 1 )iiccti()ns lor making liard wood cuttings: {a) For this purpose, select the most vigorous branches a ?v of such plants as the gooseberry, currant, and many varieties of the grape and tlowering shrubs, and cut off that portion which con- sists of last year's growth (Fig. 66). [!>) Divide each of these stems into cuttings of at least two nodes.
. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. A manual and text-book of elementary agriculture for schools. Agriculture. PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. !27 i^ itics where; the winter is severe, it is best to take the cuttino- Ix'fore cold weather. 1 )iiccti()ns lor making liard wood cuttings: {a) For this purpose, select the most vigorous branches a ?v of such plants as the gooseberry, currant, and many varieties of the grape and tlowering shrubs, and cut off that portion which con- sists of last year's growth (Fig. 66). [!>) Divide each of these stems into cuttings of at least two nodes. (If the internode is short, as in the currant and gooseberry, sev- eral nodes may l)e included in the cutting.) The stem should be cut off immediately below the lower node and allowed to extend one- fourth of an inch above the upper one (Fig. 69). (r) These should be tied in bunches of from twenty-five to fifty each, labeled, and packed in boxes of green sawdust or moist sand, and kept in a cool, damp place until spring. ((/) The cuttings may be started in a propagating- box (see page 226) or hot- bed as early as February or March, and transferred to the open ground as soon as the weather per- mits. Where this is not practicable, they may re- main packed in the sawdust until favorable weather, and placed at once in the open ground, which has been prepared by deep plowing and thorough a. Wood buds. b. Flower or fruit c. Stipule scar. (i. I^eaf scar. r. Growth of season. ./". Two-year-old 1 mi;. 66.—TWK! {('hiiiis A V WHITK 'icana, I,.). 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 Jackson, Caroline Ruth, 1871-; Daugherty, Amelia (Crum) "Mrs. L. S. Daughery. " 1859-. New York, O. Judd company
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