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292 THE ArURSERY-MANU.4L
to firm the soil about the cuttings after they are placed. Various
tools ha1.e been developed for making holes and pushing in the
cuttings whctta planting begs in the various sections where this
fruit is grown. The uw of some of these impletnents necessitates
the worker kneeling on the ground ; others can be used as -the
workers stan(l.
C’ross-pollination or hybridization by man has had no part in
the production of the various comtnercial varieties of cranberries,
Earl>~ Blacks, HOMW, Qlentennials, a.nd the like. All these have
resulted from the selection of choice wild stocks and. their propagation
l)y cuttings. Howelrer, seeds may be sown with the hope of
obtaining IWW v;xit*ties, the methods being those in general recomtnentItxt
for ~~~ricact~~~~ (p. 308). The seeds are stratified till spring,
and thcb st.4linp~ arc’ allowed to grow the first year in the seed-box
or well prepareA stbed-bed.
@rassetTa. C~I’CISSI~~MYYE.
Propagutt~cl I)y seeds ; usually by cut.tings, which should be
laid in thch sun to Jry before planting. If cutting shoots do not
form, as in (1. j*~I(~lic~, the plants may be headed back to encourage
a,clvetttit,ioits gt*oH’ths.
Cratzegus (Hw. Hawthorn) d I~o~Mw.P.
Propagated 1))~ si4s sown in fttll or St-ratified. The pulp should
first be rc2noscd I))* mxcration, ~wxJ,~, or rubbing in sand. Seeds
may contiziuc~ to g~~rtriinate the second and third yearA, The seedlings
shouhl IW transplantc~d when a year (one S,eation) old to prevent
the fOl.tllittiotl (rf long ll:atXl roots. The varieties are grafted, rarely
budded, on ~onttnon sto(.akS, mostly on the European hawthorn, C.
O.u/rrca 11 th .
Cress (Lf~pitliritrc swtiuiittt). C’rul~~~~tw.
Raised from s.;1-‘txls, sown in spring or late sutnmer.
in the rool sf~ason. SW II ‘crtfd3f~ss.
It does best
Crinum. -4 It/(1 tyi1i11uwlP.
Raised tttostl!- from offsets of the bulbs ; also by seeds, particularly
fin new varieties, in a warm temperature. See A 01 ary I%-
dflcfYP, pag:” 2x.
Crocosmia. I ridu~~m~.
Offsets or c*ortncls art‘ used for propagation, as for gladiolus.
Seeds may be etttplored , sown under glass when ripe.