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Title: Tree growing in the public schools
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954 Greene, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1889-1974
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
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10 the moisture uniform. Set the cans on boards or handle occasionallyto keep the roots from growing through into the soil beneath.Trees may be held in this way for one or two years without dif-ficulty. Figure (1) shows 98 varieties of seedling trees growingin cans. Where there is any danger of disturbance by animals,sharpened sticks stuck among the cans with the sharp ends up willkeep out chickens, cats, dogs and other small animals. Trees incans may be shipped in any quantity by putting them in a woodenbox or flat and building a frame around them as shown in figure (2). (3) Budding and Grafting Fruit and Nut trees. Yearlingseedlings are usually budded or grafted to the desired varieties whilestill in the nursery rows. The bud or graft is usually allowed to growat least one year before being transplanted. The details of buddingand grafting are explained and illustrated in Agriculture for vSchoolsof the Pacific vSlope by Hilgard and Osterhout. (*). Methods for Small Seeds. (Longest di

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