. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. HICKORY-NUT growing species at best, they should not be planted on other than fertile soil. The Shellbark is native to river bottoms, and requires richer land than the others, which endure a rather wide range of soil charac- teristics, provided there is suflicient dept
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. HICKORY-NUT growing species at best, they should not be planted on other than fertile soil. The Shellbark is native to river bottoms, and requires richer land than the others, which endure a rather wide range of soil charac- teristics, provided there is suflicient depth and good drainage. Deep, well-draiued, fertile loams, either of sandy or clayey nature, are acceptable to all the species. Propagation. —\ll the species are propa- gated by seed. Planting is frequently done in autumn, but, to lessen the destruction by rodents, is more safely done in early .spring. In such case the freshly gathered nuts, after removal from the hulls, should be stored in slightly dampened sand dur- ing the winter, or stratified, as other tree seeds. Uniformity of growth is promoted by planting nuts where trees are to stand, as the transplanting process in ordinary seasons is accompanied by a considerable loss. If trees must be transplanted, it is probably best to transplant annually in nursery rows, in rich soil, to promote growth of fibrous roots and to lessen the shock of fiiiid transplantation to the per- The propagation of the Hickories by budding and grafting is exceedingly diffi- cult, even the most experienced propaga- tors of woody plants failingto secure more than a small percentage of success. Most growers favor cleft crown-grafting in the spring, on established stocks of tlie same species. The operation is performed just as stocks are starting into growth, using dormant cions with terminal buds and mounding up to the top bud with fine earth. As the stocks are in condition only for a few days, the process is uncertain and ex- pensive. One of the mos
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