Identifier: americanfruitcul05thom (find matches)
Title: The American fruit culturist
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Thomas, John J(acob) 1810-1895. (from old catalog) Wood, William H. S., (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Fruit-culture
Publisher: New York, W. Wood and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ly applied whenjust warm enough to run, by means of a brush; or it may bespread thickly with a brush over sheets of muslin, which areafterward, during a cold day, cut up into plasters of conve-nient size for applying; or, the wax, after becoming cold, maybe worked up with wet or oiled hands, drawn into thin stripsor ribbons, and wrapped closely around the inserted graft. Inall cases success is more certain, when the wax is pressedso as to fit to every part, and leave no interstices; and it isindispensable that every portion of the wound on the stockand graft be totally excluded from the external air. In coolweather, a lantern, or hot brick, or some, other method ofobtaining heat will be found necessary to soften the plasters-before applying them. Fig. 29. — Grafting, Buddingand Pruning Knives. 3° PROPAGATION, Cutting Grafts,—Cut these in autumn if you have a goodplace to pack them, but if well kept they may be taken at anytime between the cessation of growth in late summer or au-
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FiG. 32. Fig. 30. tumn, and the commencement of vegetation in spring. Thosecut in autumn, however, will have more vigor in spring thanif exposed to the cold of any severe winter—this is especiallythe case with plums, pears, and cherries. Pack them in boxes PROPAGATION. 3^ of damp (not wet) moss, or in small boxes of damp (not wet)sawdust—large boxes of sawdust will heat. Mark every sortcarefully and plainly. Another good way to keepscions through winter is to place them snugly in abox till it is more than half full; next nail in two orthree cross-pieces to hold them, and then bury thebox inverted with several inches of earth over it, ona dry spot or knoll. They will thus be kept fromcontact with the wet earth, and will receive enoughmoisture from below to keep them fresh and plump.Cuttings of currants, grapes, quinces, gooseberries,etc., are to be taken off in autumn, and they may bekept till early spring in the same way as grafts, orthey may be set out at once, pressing the earth

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