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cotch pine is generally treated
cutting
exceptionally only under the sh elter
r ly suited for standa r ds in hig h fo r est
It is fai
oppice
It is extensively grown as
tender species
cotch pine may be sown or planted on clear cutti ngs
reg
nerated naturally
o n clear
d ar
B ritain
method in
the Continent
The seed rip
fall until the following spring
kinds of con
unrip e cones
of the previo us crop
for
to
should germin
grains
irect sowings should be made in spring
covered
seed are required per acre for broadcast sowing
after three or four weeks
owings in nurs
B ritish n urserymen sow broadc a st a bout
r e feet of se
squa
h en one o r two years old
out w
rarely put
ha ve stood one or two years in
r ely used
are ra
put out directly into the forest
usual method
r ee or four years old pl a nts should be placed
done
th
T
N O
either under an open shelter
as from adj oining woods
shelter is required by the young plants
it i s muc
ns in
s may be seen o n the tr
m onths
The ge
years
good seed
a te
abo ut 5 an inch of earth
ries are mo stly b
d
in to th e fo
the C ontinent
planting
ITI
R
H F OR
a s high forest with clear
h sown
ctober of the s
so that in
j ust ripe
r minati
not less than
po und of cl ean seed contain s about
bed
The seed lings may be pricked
In
rit
r est transplants are u sed w h ich may
nurse
but peg and pit plantings are al so
T R
wo od systems
as w
a shelter
wood for fro st
cond year
a utumn three
es
namely
and empty cones
g power i s m aintaine d
the seed s being
bout
it germinates
r oadcast or in drills
pound of seed per
in
seedling pl
r y lines
seedlings are f
Br itain
notching is
ll as in
o r
wo od or
h e usual
t
but does
h s
mont
per cent
pounds of
a nts a re
older plants
r equ
ntly
feet
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