LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. An Orchard for Growing Myrobalan Seed in California 7 



2. Some Common Fruit Seed 8 



3. Seed Bearing Trees Growing by the Roadside 12 



4. Separating Apple Seed from Pomace 13 



5. Washing Out Apple Seed 14 



6. Some of the Less Common Fruit Seed 16 



7. Lath Propagating House 22 



8. A Southern Propagating House 23 



9. A Fruit Seed Planter 24 



10. Fifty Acres of Apple Seedlings 26 



11. The Skinner System of Irrigation 37 



12. A Nursery with Good Natural Protection 38 



13. A Trencher for Planting Seedlings 41 



14. A Firmer for Packing Soil around the Planted Seedlings 42 



15. Sliding off the Soil Ridges over Seed just before Growth Starts 43 



16. Cultivating Seedlings 44 



17. Firming the Ground after Cultivating 45 



18. Burying Apple Seedlings to Remove Leaves 47 



19. Field of Apple Seedlings 48 



20. Storage Cellar in which Apple Seedlings are Handled 49 



21. Apple Seedlings. No. 1 Straight 50 



22. Apple Seedlings. No. 2 Straight 51 



23. Apple Seedlings. No. 1 Branched 53 



24. Standard Budding Knives 58 



25. Peach Seedlings the Right Size for Stripping 59 



26. Stripping the Young Seedlings 60 



27. Making the T-cut for the Bud 62 



28. Cutting the Bud 62 



29. Inserting the Bud 63 



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