. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 88 PROPAGATION. as follows: about the last of October, take cuttings from tha thrifty shoots of a bearing tree, cut out all the buds except two or three at the top, and pare off the bottom of the cutting just below a bud. Lay-in the cuttings in a sheltered border, b jiry ing them so that only the two buds at the top are exposed, ar covering them v/ith some loose straw or litter. In the springs make a small hot-bed with very sandy soil in which to plant the cuttings on taking them out of the ground, or place each one in a small pot
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 88 PROPAGATION. as follows: about the last of October, take cuttings from tha thrifty shoots of a bearing tree, cut out all the buds except two or three at the top, and pare off the bottom of the cutting just below a bud. Lay-in the cuttings in a sheltered border, b jiry ing them so that only the two buds at the top are exposed, ar covering them v/ith some loose straw or litter. In the springs make a small hot-bed with very sandy soil in which to plant the cuttings on taking them out of the ground, or place each one in a small pot in any hot-bed ready at hand, and in a few weeks they will be found to have made roots freely. As a general rule, cuttings succeed best when they are taken off' just between the young and the previous year's wood; or, in the case of young side shoots, when they are cut off close to the branch preserving the collar of the shoot. The lower end should be cut smoothly across just below a bud, the soil should in all cases be pressed firmly about the lower end of the cutting, and it should always be planted before the buds commence swelling, that the wound may in some measure heal before «Trowth and the absorption of fluid commences. Propagaaon hy Layers and Suckers. A layer may be considered as a cutting not entirely separated from the plant. Layering is a mode of propagation resorted to in increasing some fruit tree stocks, as the Paradise stock, the Muscle Plum, and some kinds which do not grow so well from the seed. Certain varieties of native grape,^ as the Bland's Virginia, which do not root readily by cuttings are also raised in this way, and it may be applied to any sort of fruit tree which it is desirable to continue on its own root without grafting. Fruit trees are generally layered in the spring, and the layers may be taken off well rooted plants in the autumn. But they may also be layered with success early in uly. In making layers the ground around the mother plant sho
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