• Maloney* Bros. & Wells Co. 
J i DANSVILLE N.V. 
Tke Fine Art of Growing Nur¬ 
sery Stock 
J'TJST where to look for values and what to recognize as defects are the problems that con- 
front private buyers of nursery stock every season. Some soils are better adapted than 
others to the production of good nursery stock, and the process of growing fruit trees for 
replanting is not a simple one. In the first place there are but few localities in the U. S. where 
the work can be advantageously done, for nursery stock requires the best possible soil and the 
land used for this purpose is held at a very high premium around Dansville. 
As to the best stock on which trees should be grafted, many nurserymen disagree. We import 
all our seedlings on which different varieties are budded directly from France because we have 
found by experience that the elements existing in the U. S. are not at all favorable for raising- 
seedlings with the full measure of success required. Around January 1st., when these seedlings 
begin to arrive from France, we carefully place them in our root cellars, and throughout the 
winter see that they are properly trimmed and made ready for planting in the Spring. 
We usually plant them during the month of April, and all through the Summer months they 
aie carefully cultivated and hoed weekly until early Fall. Budding, which is scientific work and 
can only be done by experts, is accomplished in the months of July and August. In fact, our Mr. 
A. E. Maloney, personally, cuts the scions for budding from the best bearing trees, to insure 
its growth the Maloney way. & 
The buds are first inserted two inches above the collar of the seedling after which they are 
carefully tied with raffia. Not until the following Spring is it possible to cut off the seedling- 
just above the bud, as the root has only the bud to support. But by proper cultivation and care¬ 
ful hand work, it is possible to produce a growth of from 4 to 6 feet the first year. When still 
another Spring arrives, we head these buds to a height of 30 inches, but it takes skilled labor and 
very careful handling to produce the correct development of these heads. 
All this caie and expense would avail us little unless our stock is carefully dug, and so im¬ 
portant do we consider the digging that we use steam power for the purpose which is the only- 
system that insures our getting all the roots entact; for not only good roots, but all the roots are 
necessary for the proper thriving of a tree. All trees are guarded, too, from roots being exposed 
to wind and sun by a canvas cover while being transported from nursery field to the & packing 
house. And we consider packing of great importance also. We not only line our packino- boxes, 
with paper, but use a liberal quantity of thoroughly dampened excelsior to insure all the stock 
we ship arriving in an absolutely fresh condition. 
While it is impossible for the average planter to discover, understand and set forth all the 
arguments in favor or against certain types of nursery stock, and only an experienced grower 
whose lips are usually sealed, can do so; we trust we have given you enough pointers for you 
to determine Where to buy nursery stock . 5 ' 
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