. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. MOUND-LAYERING. 39. 32. Mound-layering 0/gooseberry. When large numbers of plants are desired, as in commer- cial nurseries, it is often necessary to cut back the parent plant to the ground, or very nearly so, for the purpose of securing many shoots fit for layering. A plant which is cut back in the spring will produce shoots fit for layering the following spring ; or some species will produce them in abundance the same year if layers of green or immature wood are desired. These pa- rent or s
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. MOUND-LAYERING. 39. 32. Mound-layering 0/gooseberry. When large numbers of plants are desired, as in commer- cial nurseries, it is often necessary to cut back the parent plant to the ground, or very nearly so, for the purpose of securing many shoots fit for layering. A plant which is cut back in the spring will produce shoots fit for layering the following spring ; or some species will produce them in abundance the same year if layers of green or immature wood are desired. These pa- rent or stock plants are called '' stools '' by nurserymen. In many species, layerage is performed to best advantage by heaping earth over the stool and around the shoots. This is known as mound or stool-layering. The shoots send out roots near the base, and straight, stocky plants are obtained. The English gooseberries are almost exclusively propagated in this manner in this country. Fig. 32 shows a row of mound-layered gooseber- ries. The shoots are allowed to remain in layerage two years, in the case of English gooseberries, if the best plants are wanted, but in many species the operation is completed in a single season. Quinces and Paradise apple stocks are extensively mound - layered The practice is most useful in 33-Layeri«g-pot. those low plants which produce short and rather stiff shoots. Sometimes these layers are severed at the end of the first season, and the plants are grown in the nursery row for a year before they are placed upon the market. As a rule, the best season for making layers is in spring. Rooting progresses rapidly at that season. Many plants ''bleed," if layered very early in the season. Hardy. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New
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