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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ling slock is lield over it will serve lo stabilize the market 
for this elass materially. 
The su[)ply of cherry trees is u]) to normal. The sweet 
cherry is most largely a domestic proposition and the 
variation in supply and demand is not extreme. The sour 
cherry has been strongly demanded for canning })urposes, 
hut market was weaker this season and likely demand 
for trees will he below normal to some extent. 
A})ricot and French prune trees are fully up to normal 
supply on the entire Pacific Coast. Peach trees are above 
normal in California, while in some districts in Oregon 
and Washington the supply is below normal. 
The planting of these classes is not likely to reach nor¬ 
mal but present indications are that the demand will he 
greater than last year. 
Nurserymen generally are of the opinion that for the 
season 1925-26 the demand for fruit trees by commercial 
])lanters will he helow^ to some extent. If this forecast 
is correct then every nursery grow ing for the commercial 
trade w ill benefit by keeping the bud list this season for 
trees to he delivered 1925-26 below normal. Those who 
have ignored the plan of co-ordinating supply and de¬ 
mand have themselves taken the heaviest losses in pro- 
portion to their operations. The over supply of fruit tree 
stocks for the commercial trade in 1923 and at intervals 
in years previous, it appears, was caused from lack of in¬ 
formation concerning demand and average market ex¬ 
pansion, rather than any premeditated desire to violate 
the pledge of a square deal to the competitor, but in either 
case the violator in excessive production causes his own 
infliction while also injuring others. 
In making up hud lists for domestic orchard planting 
trade the sales record of the previous year may safely 
he used as guide as in that avenue there is no extreme 
variation from year to year. 
In the matter of ornamental stock production and trade, 
the demand continues to increase faster than supply, ac¬ 
cording to the report of the Landscape Committee. The 
Boise convention w ill he long remembered for the educa¬ 
tional suggestions and ideals there adopted by this asso¬ 
ciation to '‘Make the Home a Picture.” The hit and miss 
style of planting ornamental stock has been relegated and 
the wmrk of the ornamental plant department of the trade 
may he pushed w ith all the energy and power nursery¬ 
men are able to command. Surveys are necessary to de¬ 
termine how much faster the coniferous trees, broad leaf 
evergreens and perennial plants should he propagated 
and how much to slow up, in time, on Van lloutte and 
other deciduous shrubs. When the supply is more defin¬ 
itely j)roportioned to demand then the association will 
profit by giving more attention to periodical advertising. 
The 1925 convention w ill he held at Portland, Oregon. 
Editor National Nurseryman, 
Easton, Md. 
Will you please advise us the best way to stratify 
.Tuniper and Cratagus seeds and how' should they he 
managed and sow^ed for the best results? 
Is there any way that shrub cuttings can be rooted 
in clay soil? 
How is the best way to root evergreen and boxwood 
cuttings? When should the cuttings he made and how 
is the best way to manage them for the best result? 
Can evergreens, ornamentals and shrubs he grown 
from seed successfully iu clay soil, and what is the best 
method for them? 
E. W. J. 
To stratify Junipers and Cratagus seed it should he 
mixed w ith sand, placed in a box and buried in the 
ground until the time comes to sow the following season. 
We are afraid you w ould not he very successful in 
rooting cuttings in clay soil as a sandy soil is almost 
essential for this purpose. Such plants as privets, wil- 
low^s, shrubby dogwood, weigelias, spiraeas, etc., will 
grow readily from hardw ood cuttings. These are made 
in the w inter by cuttings about 8 inches long, tied in 
bundles and stored away in sand in the cellar until 
spring when they are lined out in nursery rows. It is 
best to select a })iece of ground that holds the moisture 
fairly well, yet is well drained and a sandy loam is 
preferable to heavy clay soil. 
Evergreen cuttings should he put in in the fall. The 
process is rather too long to explain in this column as 
there are so many different kinds and it depends entirely 
on the facilities you have as to wdiat results you w ould 
get. 
Most evergreens and shrubs can also he grown from 
seed hut you w ould find a clay soil is not very good, it 
wu)uld be far better to dig the beds up and give it a lib¬ 
eral dressing of sand or leaf soil to thoroughly lighten it. 
If you sow^ in clay soil it is likely to hake in dry weather 
and the results are not likely lo he very satisfactory. 
There is a very excellent hook that would give you 
all of this information in detail—it is the “Nursery 
Manual” by L. H. Bailey. 
We gather from your letter your principal difficulty 
is heavy soil and a shortage of w^ater, or difiiculty in 
supi)lying water. These conditions are not very favor¬ 
able for raising plants frotn either cuttings or seed and 
you will have lo provide sand and moisture in some 
way. 
As a rule frames are used for growing both seeds 
and cuttings and you wu)uld lind it a very good invest¬ 
ment to build frames so that you could cover with sash 
or slats and keep the plants where you can look after 
them in their young state before planting them out in 
the nursery rows. 
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