. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. WHAT IS A FIRST-CLASS TREE ? 143 A first-class tree is well grown; that is, the various operations to which it has been subjected by the nurseryman have been properly performed. It must be mature ; that is, not stripped of its leaves before the foliage has thoroughly ripened. It must be of the proper age for planting. It must have a clean, smooth It must have a stocky, strong trunk, good roots, and be free of borers and other insect injuries. The union—at the bud or graft—must be compl
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. WHAT IS A FIRST-CLASS TREE ? 143 A first-class tree is well grown; that is, the various operations to which it has been subjected by the nurseryman have been properly performed. It must be mature ; that is, not stripped of its leaves before the foliage has thoroughly ripened. It must be of the proper age for planting. It must have a clean, smooth It must have a stocky, strong trunk, good roots, and be free of borers and other insect injuries. The union—at the bud or graft—must be completely healed over. Stocky and rather short trees, with well-branched heads, are always preferable to very tall ones. Very slender trees, if above one or two years old, should be avoided. Nurserymen express the size of a tree by its diameter about three inches above the bud. The measuring is usually done by a caliper. The diameter of a first-class tree varies with the method of growing and trimming it. In the New York nur- series, a firstrclass two-year-old apple tree (budded) should caliper five- eighths to three-fourths of an inch. Plums run about the same. Pears will generally run a sixteenth of an inch less, and sour cherries about a sixteenth more. Sweet cherries will run three-fourths inch and above. Nurserymen use various instruments for gaug- ing the diameter of stock. The old-fashioned caliper is most commonly employed. An excellent modification of this device is the self-registering caliper, seen in Fig. 141. Heikes' tree-gauge, made of sheet steel, is shown in Fig. 142. The Storing of Trees.—Of late years, the nursery busi- ness has been greatly benefited by the free use of cellars for the storing of stock. In these cellars the stock is safe from winter injury, and it can be moved to customers before the. T4r Self-regUtering iree- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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