 Reeves' favorite, Globe and Elberta. The plants had been taken up from the nursery without mutilating the excellent root system which they possessed. The side branches of the apple trees were cut back about one half and the peaches to one or two buds....  Methods of Tree-planting - Page 22by Fred W. Card - 1898 - 14 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Agriculture - 1898 - 446 pages
...root system which they possessed. The side branches of the apple trees were cut back about one half and the peaches to one or two buds. In this condition...Of the apple trees none of the roots had formed a callous on the cut surface, but seven of them had made a root growth of one or two inches. "April 9,... | |
 | Missouri State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1898 - 444 pages
...root system which they possessed. The side branches of the apple trees were cut back about one half and the peaches to one or two buds. In this condition...Of the apple trees none of the roots had formed a callous on the cut surface, but seven of them had made a root growth of one or two inches. "April 9,... | |
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