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The Florists' Review 



May n, 1915. 



G. F. Madison, Lodi, Cal., has pur- 

 chased land adjoining his nursery pre- 

 paratory to enlarging the establishment. 



G. A. Chedel is shipping 300,000 Nor- 

 way spruce trees from his nursery, at 

 Randolph, Vt., 200,000 of which are for 

 reforestation in Vermont, the others 

 going to neighboring states. 



California orchardists have suffered 

 heavily from the abnormally heavy and 

 persistent spring rains. Three-fourths 

 of the first strawberry crop is reported 

 ruined, and the loss on early cherries is 

 put at $150,000. Other small fruits and 

 berries have suffered likewise. 



J. NoRRis Barnes, of the Barnes Bros. 

 Nursery Co., Yalesville and Wallingford, 

 Conn., is assisting the school children of 

 the latter place in their city-beautiful 

 movement by offering 400 apple and 

 peach trees to those taking part in it. 

 Other items are given them at cost price. 



H. L. Brown, who entered the employ 

 of the Wagner Park Nursery Co., at Sid- 

 ney, O., shortly after it was started by 

 B. P. Wagner, and who has been in 

 charge of the office for the last few 

 years, after serving in practically every 

 other capacity on the place, is moving 

 to Cleveland, where he will engage in 

 business. 



Mistaking the gasoline for the kero- 

 sene tank when getting oil for flares to 

 protect the buds from frost on a recent 

 night, sfff PTJTplcfyee'of the CKaton" Falls 

 Nursery Co., at Owatonna, Minn., caused 

 the loss of over 1,000 gallons of gasoline 

 and considerable damage to the tanks, in 

 all amounting to about $500 worth. The 

 gasoline running from the faucet to the 

 barrels being filled caught fire from the 

 lantern, so that all the contents of the 

 large tank were consumed, making a spec- 

 tacular fire. Fortunately, the tank did 

 not explode and no adjoining buildings 

 caught fire. 



PROPAGATION OF PEACH TREES. 



The details of propagating the peach 

 begin with the pits or seeds from 

 which the stocks are grown and on 

 which the different varieties are budded. 

 The pits are obtained from many differ- 

 ent sources. They are handled in dif- 

 ferent ways, depending quite largely 

 upon climatic conditions, the extent of 

 the business and other factors. 



In the middle latitudes, where prob- 

 ably the largest peach nurseries are lo- 

 cated, the pits are generally planted 

 in the fall in rows three to four feet 

 apart where the trees are to be grown. 

 In the north the pits are sometimes 

 stratified or bedded in the fall in moist 

 sand, where they are under some de- 

 gree of control, and the planting is de- 

 layed until spring. In either case, the 

 action of the moisture and freezing tem- 

 peratures results in the cracking of the 

 stones. If the pits have been stratified, 

 the kernels are usually sifted from the 

 stones and sand before planting. They 

 are then handled in essentially the same 

 manner as pits that are planted in the 

 fall. 



In mild climates where there is little 

 action from frosts or freezes, it is prob- 



Knclosed you inrlll find some adver- 

 tl8lnK matter. We bave a surplus, 

 and we beUeve IF ANTONK CAN 

 HKLP US MOVB IT, TOU CAN.-Atlan- 

 tic Nursery Co., Berlin, Md., D. W. 

 Babcock, Mkt., Jantiary 30, 1915. 



ably quite important to prevent the pits 

 from ever becoming dry. If they are 

 not planted as soon as they are removed 

 from the flesh of the fruit, they should 

 be held in such a manner as to prevent 

 the loss of much moisture. Otherwise 

 a slow and irregular germination would 

 follow. However, pits that have be- 

 come dry will frequently germinate 

 fairly well without freezing, provided 

 they are soaked in water for a suffi- 

 ciently long time before being planted. 

 The usual method of propagation is 

 by budding, and the seedlings should 

 be large enough to bud by midsummer. 

 This is done largely during July and 

 August, extending sometimes into Sep- 

 tember. The buds put in during these 

 months should take, that is, become 

 attached to the stock, within a com- 



paratively few days if the operation is 

 successful; then they should remain 

 dormant until the following spring. 

 After the buds take, it is a common 

 practice to lop over the tops of the seed- 

 ling stocks by cutting them nearly off 

 just above the point where the bud is 

 inserted. Subsequently, the tops are 

 entirely removed, or the tops may be 

 left until the following spring and then 

 removed without being previously 

 lopped over. 



The trees are ready to be planted per- 

 manently in the orchard after they have 

 made one season's growth in the nurs- 

 ery. These 1-year-olds compose the 

 great majority of the trees that are 

 delivered by nurserymen for fall and 

 spring planting. 



A limited amount of budding is done 

 in June. Buds inserted as early in the 

 season as this are expected to start 

 into growth with but little delay in- 

 stead of remaining dormant until the 

 next spring, as is the ease with the buds 

 that are put in later in the summer. 

 The trees so grown are termed "June 

 buds," and are ready for permanent 

 planting the following fall. While some 

 growers plant this grade of tree with 



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