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less corky bark on the root neck
l ow down
at or a little below the surface
to develop independent ro ots
of the stool
h ern count r ies
In sout
stool s
it may
cover up the stool s with earth
The best season of the year for cutting is a few weeks before
the buds begin to swell
ever
prev
nt this being done
labour
the necessity for peeling the wood
is no t available to do the whole cutting at the most favourabl
a part must be done
period
has the drawback that fro st during winter f
r om the wood of the stool
the bark f
killed outright
send o ut shoots somewhat earli
them more liable to be inj ured by late fro sts
the cutting must be done d uring the full flow of the sap
is to say
in temperate
June
Thi s has
su
ficiently ripen b
The reproduction is mo st complete if the wood is clear cut
the more standard s are left
a nd suckers
of shoots
RO
P
either leaving the main stem intact
r tain height f r om the ground
ce
is fr
quently called
T URAL R
where the sun is likely to dry up the
n ecessary to
a in
g
stool s which were cut over in autumn
urope
disadvantage that the new shoots d o not
fore the early autumn frosts set in
DU
TI ON
consists in the removal of the crown of a tree
TI ON O F
N
RA
besides
a nd thus ensure greater longevity
below
V
r cumstances m ay
arious ci
such as an insu
urope
or that the stool s
r in spring
M ay and the beginning of
in
the less favourable will be crop
T
M
H OO T
in
The branc
O OD
if the shoots appear
they are mo
ground
ficiency
etc
in the autumn
r equently separates
and thus render
P O LL AR DI NG
or cutting it
latter case
the system
h es may
r e likely
or to
how
this
that
at a
cu t
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