. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 126 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE would be ideal for planting. In the past, particularly in the Middle West, it has been customary to allow the trees to stand two years in the nursery before trans- planting to the orchard. However, there is now a growing sentiment in favor of planting one-year trees, as they can be grown at less cost, ar
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 126 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE would be ideal for planting. In the past, particularly in the Middle West, it has been customary to allow the trees to stand two years in the nursery before trans- planting to the orchard. However, there is now a growing sentiment in favor of planting one-year trees, as they can be grown at less cost, are more easily han- dled, and more economically planted. Trees may be transplanted to the orchard in the fall if there has been rain enough to make the ground moist. South of the latitude of St Louis or Kansas City, in the Middle West, fall planting is very de- sirable if the ground is in proper condi- tion. The majority of planting is done in the spring, which is usually the most satisfactory, especially in the North. If it is known that other work will be pressing in the spring, so that the work of planting apple trees is likely to be hurried or otherwise improperly done, then they should be planted in the fall when more attention can be given to the work. The whip or tongue gratt is sometimes employed for top woikmg very young trees in the orchard, particiilaily those that are only one year old For trees of this age this method is regarded as being better than the cleft giatt Tie securely and cover with wax Cleft Grafting While the whip or tongue graft de- scribed above is the method m most gen- eral use among nurserymen for the prop- agation of apple trees, there is another form known as cleft grafting that is used very extensively by farmers and others who have only a few trees A knowledge of cleft grafting is especially useful where one has an apple tree that has reached bearing age and is found to be unsatisfactory, either in the kind or quantity of its fruit. The tree ma
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