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Seed con- sidered best comes from seedling- trees in the mountain- ous parts of the Carolinas and adjacent states, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Pits from the canneries are not favored by some nurserymen, but are extensively used by others. Pits are sometimes planted in fall _^ in nursery rows, but since seedlings may have difficulty in breaking through the soil in spring, this plan is not generally popular. Usual- ly the pits are stratified as soon as received in fall or early winter, the object bein...g to have them freeze and split. On a small scale stratify- ing may be in shallow boxes of sand or soil, but, on a large scale, basin- like pits large enough to hold several bushels are made in soil. Earth is thrown over the seeds and kept FIG. 166 GRAFTED moist or frozen all winter. If planted CHEST Ko ?!ARS NG AT without being stratified only a small percentage of seeds will sprout the first season, the bal- ance continuing the following year or two. 261. Plum stocks. Nurserymen differ widely in their preferences of plum stocks, depending mainly on cost, ease of working, and adaptability of cion to stock.
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