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CHAPTER XIV 



Propagation and Fruit-Stocks 339-355 



Handling the seed and stock, 302; The more common 

 fruit-stocks, 303; Apple stocks, 304; Pear stocks, 305; 

 Quince stocks, 306; Peach stocks, 307; Plum stocks, 308; 

 Cherry stocks, 309; Quarantine measures, 310; Importa- 

 tions of stock, 311; Fruit-trees on their own roots, 312; Re- 

 lation of cion and stock, 313. Propagation of Fruit-Trees: 

 Mound-layerage, 314; cuttings, 315; Grafting and budding, 

 316; Tongue-graft or whip-graft, 317; Budding, 318; June- 

 budding, 319; Double-working of apple trees, 320. 



CHAPTER XV 



Storage of Fruit 356-369 



Definition, 321; History of storage, 322; Types of stor- 

 age, 323 ; The function of storage, 324 ; Factors influencing 

 the keeping quality of fruit, 325; Maturity of fruit, 326; 

 Effect of over-maturity, 327; Effect of delayed storage, 

 328; The storage temi)erature, 329; Influence of a fruit 

 wrapper, 330; Influence of cultural conditions, 331; Type 

 of package for storage, 332; The shrinkage of fruit in stor- 

 age, 333; Apple-scald, 334; Pre-cooling, 335; Methods of 

 pre-cooling, 336. 



