GROWTH "AND MANAGEMENT OF TREES IN ome 
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Seeds and Planting. ee Se 
Trees in the nursery are usually grown from the graft. Apple seed is procured 
at large cider mills, or of seedsmen, and is worth’ from $5.00 to $7.00 per bushel. 
It should be fresh and well prepared. You can mix it with damp sand and freeze 
it before sowing; or soak it in warm water until it swells, changing the water 
frequently so as to prevent fermentation. The ground on which to sow the seed — 
should be high prairie land, and new is preferable as there will be less weeds. 
Plow it deep in the fall and subsoil; then harrow well and leave in good condi- 
tion for early sowing, which should be in Mareh or April, in drills twenty to 
twenty-four inches apart. Cultivate well until frost cuts the weeds, and just 
before freezing dig and pack in sand in the cellar. 
Cions and Grafting. 
Cions are better cut in November, or befcre very cold weather sets in and 
packed in new saw-dust or sand, care being taken that the temperature is not 
high enough to start their growing, and that they do not dry out. : 
The process of grafting I need not describe as it is familiar to all, but will say 
that after a great deal of experimenting, I am fully satisfied that a medium 
length cion of say three inches, on a root of the same length, or a long root and 
short cion, for the promptness and uniformity of starting, with the vigor of 
growth derived, will more than counterbalance the advantages claimed for any 
other method. 
Perhaps the most important part of grafting is the manner in which the wax- 
ing isdone. I would use thin manilla paper and lap so as to make it several 
times thick, to strengthen and secure the grafts for handling but more particu- 
larly for weeding and cultivating among, as it is here that the care taken will be 
amply rewarded. 
Keeping the Grafts and Planting. 
The care of grafts. until time for setting should be much the same as that of 
roots or cions, with this addition that I would raise the temperature sufficiently 
