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INDEX 



Seedlings : 



Burying to remove leaves of, 47 



Culture of, 44 



Digging of, 46 



Fall treatment of, 46 



Fertilizing of, 45 



Grades of, 50, 51, 52 



Grading of, 49 



Handling of, 42 



Spraying of, 46 



Storage of, 49 

 Selection of buds, 74, 75 

 Selling nursery stock, 143 



Catalogs used for, 145 



Filling orders in, 149 



Jobbers' methods in, 147 



Methods of, 143 



Office routine in, 147 



Subagents' methods in, 145 

 Separating fruit seed from flesh, 



13, 14 



Setting out imported seedlings, 40 

 Shipping fruit seed, 17 

 Side grafting, 102 

 Small nursery plat, 34 

 Soaking fruit seed for germina- 

 tion, 29 



Spraying machines, 134 

 Spraying nursery stock, 46, 133 



Stock for propagation, 4 



American-grown seedlings of 



apple for, 1 1 



French crab apple for, 10 

 Kinds in common use for, 5 

 Storage sheds for nursery stock, 



139 



Stratification of seed, 21 

 Subtropical seed, 18 

 Summer culture of nursery stock, 

 130 



Testing fruit seed for germination, 



29 



Top working old trees, 95 

 Treatment of nursery stock, 130 

 Trencher for planting seedlings, 



41 



Trimming of nursery stock, 132 

 Twig budding, 67 



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Use of cuttings, 17 

 Use of seed planters, 23 



Veneer grafts, 100 

 Viability of fruit seed, 30 



