Agriculture for beginners . Fig. SoRefuses to heal Heals promptly How is a peach tree made? First, the blossom appears. Then pol-lination and fertilization occur. The fruit ripens. The pit. or seed, issaved. In the spring of the next year the seed is planted. The young HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE 87 tree, known as the stock, comes up quickly. In August of that year abud of the variety which is wanted is inserted in the little stock, nearthe ground. One year later, in the spring, the stock is cut off just abovethe bud. The bud throws out a shoot, which grows to a height of aboutsix feet, and in t
Agriculture for beginners . Fig. SoRefuses to heal Heals promptly How is a peach tree made? First, the blossom appears. Then pol-lination and fertilization occur. The fruit ripens. The pit. or seed, issaved. In the spring of the next year the seed is planted. The young HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE 87 tree, known as the stock, comes up quickly. In August of that year abud of the variety which is wanted is inserted in the little stock, nearthe ground. One year later, in the spring, the stock is cut off just abovethe bud. The bud throws out a shoot, which grows to a height of aboutsix feet, and in the fall this little peach tree is sold as a one-year-oldtree. However, as is seen, the root is two years old. How is an apple tree made. The seeds are saved in the fall of oneyear and planted the following year. The seedlings of the apple do notg^row so rapidlv as those of the peach. .At the end of the vear thev are. K; 51. ReAIV 10 BEAK taken up and sorted, and in the following spring they are planted. InJuly or August they are budded. In the spring of the year thestock is cut off above the bud. and the bud-shoot grows three or fourfeet. One year later the shoot branches and the top begins to form ; andin the fall of the following year the tree may be sold as a two-year-old,although most persons prefer to buy it a year later as a some parts of the country, particularly in the West, the litde seedlingis grafted in the second winter, in a grafdng room, and the younggrafts are set in the nursery row in the spring to complete their planting in the orchard of the young peach and the young appletree is done in practically the same way. After the hole for the tree hasbeen dug and after proper soil has been provided, the roots should bespread and the soil carefully packed around them. 88 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS EXERCISE Do you know an) trees in your neighborhood th
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