This illustrated guide provides the information necessary for a nursery- man to produce hardwood seedlings in the eastern half of the United States. Subjects covered are soil management; seed development, collection, ex- traction, dormancy, testing, and storage; seedbed preparation, sowing, and care; vegetativa propagation; protection from wind, mammals, birds, in- sects, and diseases; sampling procedure and inventory data processing; and seedling lifting, grading, storage, packing,...
More DescriptionThis illustrated guide provides the information necessary for a nursery- man to produce hardwood seedlings in the eastern half of the United States. Subjects covered are soil management; seed development, collection, ex- traction, dormancy, testing, and storage; seedbed preparation, sowing, and care; vegetativa propagation; protection from wind, mammals, birds, in- sects, and diseases; sampling procedure and inventory data processing; and seedling lifting, grading, storage, packing, shipping. Summary tables pro- vide supplementary information.