INDEX 



173 



Lath house for germinating seed, 



22 



Laws affecting nurseries, 165, 166 

 Locating the nursery, 33 



M 



Mechanical effect of stock on 

 cion, 161 



N 

 Nursery, 32 



Common practices of com- 

 panies, 3 



Digging the trees, 136 

 Distribution of companies, 2 

 Drainage requirements, 36 

 Fumigation of stock, 138 

 General considerations, 32 

 Grades of stock, 143 

 Grading the stock, 141 

 Increase and decrease in im- 

 portance, 3 



Inspection laws of, 165 

 Investments in, 2 

 Limitations of, 32 

 Points on location of, 33 

 Practice in relation to cli- 

 mate, 3 



Preparation of site, 39 

 Protection from wind and an- 

 imals, 37, 38 



Pulling nursery trees, 137 

 Relation to the orchardist, 1 

 Requirements for site of, 35 

 Size of plat for orchardist, 34 

 Soil requirements of, 36 

 Stock for propagation for, 4 

 Storage sheds for, 139 



Packing nursery stock, 150 

 Pedigree nursery stock, 152 

 Physiological effect of stock on 



cion, 161 



Piece root or whole root grafts, 92 

 Planting fruit tree seed, 23, 40 



By hand, 23 



In the summer, 29 



Machinery used, 24 



On large scale, 25, 43 

 Pulling nursery stock, 137 



S 



Seed beds for germinating seed, 21 

 Seed for nursery w r ork, 4 

 Cracking of, 29 

 Freezing of, 28 

 Importations of, 9, 15 

 Native or imported, 9, 12 

 Quantities used in U. S. for, 18 

 Requirements of good seed for, 4 

 Securing good seed for, 5 

 Testing of, 29 

 Viability of, 30 

 AYhere to look for good, 6 

 Seed for the various fruits, 6 

 For the apple, 10 



apricot, 6 



cherry, 9 



chestnut, 16 



nut fruits, 15 



olive, 17 



peach, 6 



pear, 15 



plum (myrobalan), 7 



walnut, 16 

 Seed planting, 40 



