. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. LLASSJCS OF ClJ'i'TllX'GS 113 time special slioots emerge frum the stems, extend short ilistances and hiter thicken to form tubers. For com- mercial planting, Irish j)otato tubers are usually cut in pieces, each contaihing at least one eye or bud. If cut through an eye each half eye may produce a shoot and be somewhat earlier than the other eyes in the same piece. Cuttings are often slightly dried and allowed to sprout in the light, which produces short purple shoots (Fig, 73). FIG. 100—TRANSPLANTING MACHINE IN OPERATIO
. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. LLASSJCS OF ClJ'i'TllX'GS 113 time special slioots emerge frum the stems, extend short ilistances and hiter thicken to form tubers. For com- mercial planting, Irish j)otato tubers are usually cut in pieces, each contaihing at least one eye or bud. If cut through an eye each half eye may produce a shoot and be somewhat earlier than the other eyes in the same piece. Cuttings are often slightly dried and allowed to sprout in the light, which produces short purple shoots (Fig, 73). FIG. 100—TRANSPLANTING MACHINE IN OPERATION The boys place plants alternately between a pair of jaws which open at re^'ulaled intervals, close and set the plants in the soil. Each plant may be watered at the same time. that develop more rapidly than do unsprouted eves. They apparently do not rob the tubers of plant food as do the white shoots formed in the dark. Irish potato tuber cuttings, each piece including at least one "eye," are dropped in the ground and allowed to take their course. Much discussion has arisen as to the proper size of piece. Experiment in many states and under numerous soil and other cultural conditions seems to favor moderate-sized tubers and ctittings rather than over-sized ones and single eye 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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