. Beginners' guide to fruit growing : a simple statement of the elementary practices of propagation, planting, culture, fertilization, pruning, spraying, etc. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION haps a week earlier, the grafts should be set in a clean, thoroughly tilled garden spot. Mellow, warm, well-drained soil with an abundance of plant food is essential. The garden line is stretched across the plot, a trench is opened out 8 to 12 inches deep,. FIG. 3—^WHIP-GEAFT and the grafts set against the straight side of this furrow. They should be set 8 inches apart, and covered with soil nearly to the tops
. Beginners' guide to fruit growing : a simple statement of the elementary practices of propagation, planting, culture, fertilization, pruning, spraying, etc. Fruit-culture. PROPAGATION haps a week earlier, the grafts should be set in a clean, thoroughly tilled garden spot. Mellow, warm, well-drained soil with an abundance of plant food is essential. The garden line is stretched across the plot, a trench is opened out 8 to 12 inches deep,. FIG. 3—^WHIP-GEAFT and the grafts set against the straight side of this furrow. They should be set 8 inches apart, and covered with soil nearly to the tops of the cions, leaving, say, two buds projecting. The soil should be firmly packed around them. Thereafter they are to be hoed and tended like any other crop. Such grafts are usually ready for transplanting to the orchard after two years' growth; but fertile soil and good care will give trees heavy enough for use in one 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 Waugh, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943. New York : Orange Judd Company
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