22 TiTE Bulletin. 



Tlie nuts shouM be sowed as soon as ripe, or else stratified until 

 spring, when they are planted out in nursery rows. If planted in very 

 rich soil and well cultivated and fertilized during the first season 

 some of them may be large enough to graft or bud when one year old. 

 Generally, however, they do not attain sufficient size until they are 

 two years old. They may be Avhip-gTafted in the nursery row in 

 spring M'ith scions taken off in winter. They may be propagated by 

 annular or patch-budding during the months of June, July and 

 August. 



Pp:rsimmok, Japan : Stock. — American persimmon. 



Method. — Whip-gi'afting at the crown. 



Xative persimmon seeds should be sown in nursery rows in autumn 

 and the jilants well cultivated during the folloAving summer. The 

 folloM'ing spring they may be grafted in the nursery row. AVhip- 

 oraftine- is the favorite method. 



Plum : Stocks.- — Plum, native and Myrobolan. 



Methods. — Shield-budding. 

 Side-gTafting. 

 Whip-grafting. 

 Sometimes gTown from cuttings and suckers. 



Plum pits intended for stocks are treated much as peach pits, 

 though they are seldom cracked by hand. When one year old they 

 are usually worked by shield-budding. Side and whip-grafting are 

 also used to some extent. Plums may also be growTi from cuttings 

 and snekers. The wild goose plum grows well from cuttings. 



Pomegranate : Grown from seeds, cuttings and suckers. 

 Treat the cuttine's and suckers as alreadv described. 



Quince : Stock. — Anger's quince. 



Method. — Whip-grafting. 



Also growTi from cuttings and mound layers. 



The favorite method of propagating the quince is by means of cut- 

 tings or by mound layers. Heel cuttings about one foot long should 

 be taken from the plants in autumn, stored in damp sand until spring 

 and sot out in autumn. Most of the quince stock used for propagating 

 is imported. 



Raspberry, Red : Propagated by root cuttings and suckers. 



The favorite methods of propagating the red raspberry are by 

 means of suckers and root-cuttings. These methods have already 

 been described. 



