. Plant propagation; greenhouse and nursery practice. apple). If sprouting starts GEKMINATIUN 31 before sowing, the percentage of loss will be high. Hencethe seed bed should be prepared the previous fall so asto lose no time in spring. Peach and plum seeds do notsuffer as much as do apple and pear seeds. Should ilever be necessary to sow the seeds, especially of smallkinds, such as apple, strawberry, raspberry, while the soilis wet and cold, it is a good plan to open furrows andcover the seeds with well-decayed, fibrous compost, saw-dust or similar material, so as to prevent baking. Agood mixt
. Plant propagation; greenhouse and nursery practice. apple). If sprouting starts GEKMINATIUN 31 before sowing, the percentage of loss will be high. Hencethe seed bed should be prepared the previous fall so asto lose no time in spring. Peach and plum seeds do notsuffer as much as do apple and pear seeds. Should ilever be necessary to sow the seeds, especially of smallkinds, such as apple, strawberry, raspberry, while the soilis wet and cold, it is a good plan to open furrows andcover the seeds with well-decayed, fibrous compost, saw-dust or similar material, so as to prevent baking. Agood mixture for this purpose is rotted sod, sharp sandand cow manure which has been rotted a year or moreand turned over twice or oftener to secure uniformity. 53. Necessity of freezing.—Whether freezing is neces-sary to cold climate seed germination is not decided. Itdoes not, however, injure the seed germs but often helpsin removing natural obstructions such as hard , it is preferred to cracking by hand, necessarily aslow and risky 1 10. 25—VIEW IN FLORIDA NURSERYShifting; palms, a very important process in plant yrowing. 3- PLANT rUOPAGATION 54. Soaking of seed is often employed as a substitutefor stratification, the dry seed (locust, apple) being cov-ered with water from half a day to two or three daysbefore sowing. This is of special use in cases where theseeds have become unusually dry. Many nurseries nowstore their peach pits dry from harvest time throughthe winter until within two weeks of planting time, whenthe seeds are placed in l)arrels of water. Since imported
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