EEYIEW QUESTIONS 31 



REVIEW QUESTIONS 



1. What is stratification? Why necessary? 



2. Give the different methods of stratifying seed. 



3. Which ones are adapted to large nurseries and which to the 



use of the orchardist? 



4. Where are seed beds used? How made? 



5. When may lath houses be desirable? 



6. What fruit seed may be planted direct to the nursery row? 



7. When may seed planters be used? How do they work? 



8. Give method of handling apple seed on a large scale. 



9. Give details for handling large seed when planters are used. 



10. How are small seeds germinated when only a few are wanted? 



11. How are seedlings handled when allowed to grow in the seed 



bed? 



12. Discuss the value of shading for seed beds. 



13. How do fruit seeds behave when planted hi the summer? 



14. Discuss the necessity of freezing hard seed. 



15. Discuss the value of soaking hard seed. 



16. What are the effects of cracking fruit seed? 



17. How are fruit seeds tested? 



18. Discuss the viability of fruit seed. 



