. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. PEOPAGATIOIT OF TREES AND PLANTS 185 Digging the Seedlings—In the fall, before the ground freezes, the seedlings, which should have made a growth of from one to two feet, must be carefully dug and heeled-in, i. e., packed in trenches of light soil, where there will be no standing water, with the soil carefully worked in among the roots and nearly all of the top covered with soil, and as very cold weather comes on a covering of straw or hay be put on to keep the ground from deep freezing.
. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. PEOPAGATIOIT OF TREES AND PLANTS 185 Digging the Seedlings—In the fall, before the ground freezes, the seedlings, which should have made a growth of from one to two feet, must be carefully dug and heeled-in, i. e., packed in trenches of light soil, where there will be no standing water, with the soil carefully worked in among the roots and nearly all of the top covered with soil, and as very cold weather comes on a covering of straw or hay be put on to keep the ground from deep freezing. If the seedlings aje to be root grafted, they are washed after digging and packed in sphag- num moss or sawdust and put into a very cool cellar. Root Grafting— Much has been said pro and con as to the value of the root- grafted apple tree as compared with the budded tree, and it may be said that both are good when the work is properly done, and the writer believes that a root graft, skillfully made in December or January, and carefully stored in a cool cellar in moist sand or light soil until the last of April and then planted in a rich soil, will make as gpod a tree as most budded stocks, but, for the amateur, budding will give the best results. The root graft is made by taking the seedling and first trimming off the lateral roots and the end of the. Fig. 93 Fig. 94 Fig. Root Grafting. 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 Maynard, Samuel T. (Samuel Taylor), 1844-. New York, Orange Judd company
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