. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. Transplanting. 247 The dibber (Fig. 139) is perhaps, aside from the spade, the most valuable single tool for transplanting. It is used for opening the hole to receive the roots of small plants, such as cabbage, celery, onions, etc., and for pressing earth about the roots; it answers equally well for planting cuttings and root grafts. The manner of using it ap- pears in (Figs. 143 and 144). Fig. 140 shows a very convenient tool for planting root graf
. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. Transplanting. 247 The dibber (Fig. 139) is perhaps, aside from the spade, the most valuable single tool for transplanting. It is used for opening the hole to receive the roots of small plants, such as cabbage, celery, onions, etc., and for pressing earth about the roots; it answers equally well for planting cuttings and root grafts. The manner of using it ap- pears in (Figs. 143 and 144). Fig. 140 shows a very convenient tool for planting root grafts and cuttings. It consists of five steel dibbers, attached equi- distant in a line to a piece of scantling, with a handle affixed above. In using this tool, the operator crowds the dibbers into the soil with the foot, guided by a line. He then moves the frame to and fro until the holes are sufficiently opened, when he withdraws the dibbers by lifting the frame, and passes on to repeat the operation. A person follows inserting the grafts or cuttings, and crowding earth about them with the ordinary dibber. Fig. 141 shows a set of transplanting tools, useful in removing a limited number of plants that are not closely crowded and that need to be carried but a short Fig. 140. Fig. 141. Flat steel dibber (one-sixth natural Fig. 139. Fig. 139. size). Fig. 140. Tool tor planting root grafts and cuttings (much reduced). Fig. 141. Richards' transplanting tools, made by F. Richards, Freeport, N. 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 Goff, E. S. (Emmett Stull), 1852-1902. Madison, Wis. University Co-operative Co.
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