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The Florists^ Review 



July 13, 1922 



ing. It was first tried by us last year 

 at Bell, M(l., and in a much more in- 

 tensive way at Bell, South Haven and 

 Diamond Springs this year. 



Handling Boot Cuttings. 



A brief description of the way we 

 handled a lot of 5,000 Yakima seedlings 

 may serve to illustrate just what I 

 mean. From these 5,000 seedlings about 

 50,000 plants have been secured from 

 root cuttings and the 5,000 seedlings 

 were also retained with sufficient roots 

 so tliat they could be planted out. Cut- 

 tings were made of the tap roots and 

 also from the side roots. These cut- 

 tings were graded according to position. 

 First the side roots were stripped and 

 tied into bundles, probably 100 roots to 

 a bundle. The tap roots were tied into 

 bundles of twenty-five to fifty. The 

 root cuttings were made with pruning 

 shears, on the tap roots, using large 

 two-handled shears. One man held the 

 bundles while a second man did the 

 cutting. The cuttings were made about 

 three inches in length and were stored 

 separately. The following sizes were 

 made: First cut tap root; second cut tap 

 root and third cut tap root, and first, 

 second and third cut side roots. Each 

 cut was kept separate and stored in 

 flats, covered with moist sawdust and 

 buried in the ground to a depth of 

 about three feet. The cuttings were 

 made the l;ist ])art of January and the 

 first ])art of February and were ])lanted 

 in the oju'n at Diamond Springs about 

 March 25; at Bell, from March 20 to 

 Aj)ril 15, and at South Haven, as late as 

 April 21. They were planted in a ver- 

 tical position in nursery rows, four feet 

 ajiart, spaced at a distance of one to 

 two inches in the row and 1)uried fo a 

 dejitli of about one incli. Buds started 

 to form and shoots ajijieared above tlie 

 ground in three weeks. In most cases 

 two to three shoots formed in each cut- 

 ting and in some cases as many as ten. 

 As the shoots developed, earth was 

 hilled uj) around the plants and roots 

 furnishing the new growth. 



At Diamond Springs these shoots 

 have made a growth large enough so 

 that they can be budded now, while at 

 Bell anil South Haven they can be 

 budded later. From one row of ap])le 

 root cuttings of first cut tap roots fifty 

 feet in length T counted 789 shoots. 

 Many of tli(>se shoots had started fo 

 develop roots and the rooted plants 

 could be taken off this fall. From a 

 similar row of second cut tap roots T 

 counte(l ()19 shoots; from a row of third 

 cuts, .'ilti, and from a row of first cut 

 side, 295 slioots. The latter may not be 

 large enough to bud this season, b>it will 

 give rooted ]ilaiits which can be lined 

 out next s]iring. 



The original root cuttings are allo\v(>d 

 to remain in tlie ground, as we find the 

 second year they send out even stronger 

 slioots than they did the first year. Just 

 how many years this process can go on 

 witliout renewing the original stock is 

 sometliing we still liave to find out. 

 One great ad\antng(^ of this method of 

 raising stocks is that hand work is 

 ]iractically over by the middle of June, 

 and after tliat only hors(> cultivation is 

 necessary. With seedlings, however, 

 several hand weedings, as well as hand 

 cultivation, will lie made during .Inly 

 and August. By allowing the original 

 root cuttings to remain in place, no 

 jdanting is necessary the second and 

 probably the third or fourth seascm. 



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