TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
The main terms you will encounter as you continue through the study of this material are
Seedling height
Distance from the root neck to the apical bud of the central conductor.
Knip Baum seedling
A two-year-old seedling with a branched annual crown and established apical generative buds.
“Pruned annual” seedling
An annual seedling equipped with a branched annual crown.
An apple tree seedling on a dwarf rootstock
A seedling of a fruit crop obtained by grafting a graft onto a dwarf rootstock.
Seedling grafting site
The place where the rootstock part is connected to the scion.
Central conductor
Part of the trunk from the lower skeletal branch to the apical bud.
Part of the trunk from the lower skeletal branch to the apical bud.
Two-year-old seedlings of the Crimean Fruit Company
Trade Class Superior:
Diameter of the stem at the height of 10 cm above the grafting point is 14 mm
The minimum height of the seedling is 140 cm
The minimum distance from the grafting place to the rooting neck is 20 cm.
Number of branches is 7+
Root system is developed, branching with a good distribution of roots
Trade class EXTRA:
Диаметр штамба на высоте 10 см выше места прививки — 12 мм
Минимальная высота саженца — 110 см
Минимальное расстояние от места прививки до корневой шейки — 20 см
Количество ветвей — 5-7
Корневая система — развитая мочковатая, с хорошим распределением корней
Trade class EXTRA:
Diameter of the stem at the height of 10 cm above the grafting point is 10 mm
The minimum height of the seedling is 110 cm (100 cm spur)
The minimum distance from the grafting place to the rooting neck is 20 cm.
Number of branches is 3-5
Root system is developed, branching with a good distribution of roots
Trade Class A:
Diameter of the stem at the height of 10 cm above the grafting point is 10 mm
The minimum height of the seedling is 110 cm (100 cm spur)
The minimum distance from the grafting place to the rooting neck is 20 cm.
Number of branches is 0-3
The root system is branching with a good distribution of roots.
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PACKAGING
Seedlings of the same commodity class are tied in bundles of 10 pieces.
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PACKAGING
Each bundle is labeled with a label indicating the pomological variety and belonging to a commodity class.
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PACKAGING
Seedlings can be packed in netting at the customer’s request.
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PACKAGING
At the customer’s request, mesh-packed bundles can be stacked on a pallet.
