. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. wrapped to secure the two pieces inan unmovable union until the callus growth has hadtime to unite. They may be prevented from drying outby storing in moist sand or sawdust. It is usual to makethe grafts during the winter months and plant them inthe nursery rows early in the spring. (Fig. 82.) Propagation of Plants 137 200. Care of Buds and Grafts. There are many specialways of budding and grafting. All depend on the prop-erty of callus-tissue of two different plants to form a closeliving union. In making the cuts, not
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. wrapped to secure the two pieces inan unmovable union until the callus growth has hadtime to unite. They may be prevented from drying outby storing in moist sand or sawdust. It is usual to makethe grafts during the winter months and plant them inthe nursery rows early in the spring. (Fig. 82.) Propagation of Plants 137 200. Care of Buds and Grafts. There are many specialways of budding and grafting. All depend on the prop-erty of callus-tissue of two different plants to form a closeliving union. In making the cuts, nothing but thesharpest of knives should be used. Dull knives producesuch mutilation that the cambium does not grow outand form the callus-tissue promptly, and, as a result,the graft or bud fails to take. The dormant budson the stock are inclined to form vigorous-growingsprouts, but should be rubbed off as explained in ^\ 197. 201. Transplanting Nursery Trees. Nursery trees,whether propagated from seeds, cuttings, buds, orgrafts, are removed from the nursery rows and trans-. Grafted cuttings set in nursery row. 138 Elementary Principles of Agriculture planted in orchards. In removing nursery stock,many of the roots are necessarily cut short. In trans-planting, the ends of all bruised or mutilated roots shouldbe cut off smoothly and the top cut back to keep it inbalance with the roots. Fig. 63 shows a one-year-oldbudded peach tree trimmed ready for young trees should be put into good-sized holes andloose, moist soil worked in around the roots, and trampedjust sufficiently to hold the young tree in position. Intransporting nursery stock, the roots should never beallowed to become dry. When trees are received fromthe nursery they should be set in trenches and dirtthrown over the roots. If the soil is not moist it will bewell to apply water freely. It will usually be much better if young orchard treesare set in the place they are to grow in the fall will
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