PREVENTION OF INJURY TO TREE SEEDLINGS DURING CELLAR STORAGE

Abstract

Survival of tree planting stock following cellar storage by various methods was consistently good when the storage method included packing the roots in damp peat. Manitoba maple and American elm needed such protection more than caragana and green ash. Prestorage treatments with various fungicides increased survival only slightly, or were injurious. It was demonstrated that injurious desiccation of stored plants may be determined by electrolytic methods.