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18t.i THE NliRSERY-MANUAL
One never knows what the so-called “ pedigree ” may mean
iI1 any case or whether it is actually worth an additional price.
Yet the exercise of care in any part of the nursery operation
is commendable and ought to express itself in the product.
There is rea,son to think that parentage counts in bud-propagatioll,
altl ~ougl-I there is not the scope for variation and breeding
that there is in seed-propagation. The bud-selection
work of Shame1 in oranges is significant. Nurserymen should
encourage a careful seleotioii-protluct ,
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One of the prime efforts of the nurseryman is to make his
trees stocky. Many factors conspire to produce this result.
LIny trcatmerlt that makes trees grow vigorously may be espetted
to contribute to their stockiness, if the grower does
not circumvent it by some subsequent operat,ioil.
Fruit,-trees should be give11 plenty of room. The rows in
The nursery should stand 3;. feet apart, for ordinary fruit-trees,
and the plants should sta.nd 10 inches or a foot apart in the row.
The first year the leaves should not be rubbed off the bodies
of the trees, else the trees will grow too much at the top and
become too slender. If, however, strong forking or side
branches appear low down - as often happens in sour cherries
- they should be removed. Budded or whole-root stock of
fruit-trees should reach a height of 4 feet or more the first
year. The following spring, the stock is headed-in uniformly,
reducing it to the height of 3 or 4 feet, according to kind and
the uses for whicbh the stock is grown.
Soon after the trees are headed back the second spring, they
are “ sprouted.” This operation consists in hoeing the dirt
a\~?- from the base of the tree and cutting ofl all sprouts that
start from the root or the crown. After heading-in, the tree
“ feathers out ” from top to bottom. It is a common practice