. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. 202 PLA NT PK(Jl'A(.; ATION willing to pay. No systematic attempts have been made to settle the controversy. The mazzard or wild sweet cherry {Primus avium), used for centuries as a stock, grows 30 to 40 feet tall with trunks often 18 inches in diameter. In America it is tender to cold, but grows vigorously. Its seedlings, im- ported from France, are badly attacked in nurseries by fungi, but it produces uniform trees and fruit. Mahaleb (Prunus mahalcb) is a thick, slender-branched bush with inedible fruits, differing ma
. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. 202 PLA NT PK(Jl'A(.; ATION willing to pay. No systematic attempts have been made to settle the controversy. The mazzard or wild sweet cherry {Primus avium), used for centuries as a stock, grows 30 to 40 feet tall with trunks often 18 inches in diameter. In America it is tender to cold, but grows vigorously. Its seedlings, im- ported from France, are badly attacked in nurseries by fungi, but it produces uniform trees and fruit. Mahaleb (Prunus mahalcb) is a thick, slender-branched bush with inedible fruits, differing markedly from both sweet and sour cherries. The wood structure "one. FIG. 168—THREE UNUSUAL STYLES OF GRAFTING A, bow grafting of vine; a, cion; b, ligature to increase pressure of cion to stock; c, tightly wound ligature to check sap flow; d, e, slits for insertion of cion. B, saddle graft; f, stock; g, cion; li, parts fitted together; C, veneer graft; i, stock; i, cion; k, parts fitted and tied; 1. graft after union. would expect to differ very materially" from that of sweet and sour cherries so that even if the union proved normal there would be difficulty in the passage of solu- tions between stock and cion. This cherry is propagated almost wholly from seed, though it may easily be grown from layers, cuttings and suckers. The American supply comes from France. Mahaleb seems to have been used in the United States since about ISI'iO, first as a dwarfin"-. 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 Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York : Orange Judd Company
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