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or they are sometimes crown-grafted, the stocks for this purpose 

 being grown in pots or boxes. Ordinary fall budding in the field 

 is not successful with mulberries, but spilng budding gives good 

 results. Spring budding has been employed and recommended 

 certainly for thirty years, but it does not yet api>ear to be ;i 

 common practice. S. D. Willard, Geneva, N. Y., who grows 

 quantities of mulberries, has several times shown me his stock, 

 which is propagated by spring cion-budding. 'J'liis is pcrfoimed 

 just before the foliage is out, or as soon as the bark slips freely. 

 The illustration in the margin explains the operation. The 

 incision in the stock is the same as "for the ordinary fall budding. 



Cion budding for the mulberry. 



The cion carries one or two buds, and is cut upon one side only. 

 Tliis prepared side is inserted next the wood in the stock, and 

 is held in place by string, as for fall budding. 



REVIEW. 



1. The mulberry' is grown for fruit, ornament, hedges and 

 small timber, as well as for silk. It merits more general attcm 

 tion, esi)ecially as a fruit-beaiing tree. 



2. The fruit of some varieties is excellent for dessert, and it 

 may be used for making jellies and preserves. It is also goo<] 

 food for j)oultrv and for swine. 



3. Sixteen varieties are mentioned in this paper as fniit-bearinj: 

 kinds: New American, Trowbridge, Thorburn, Victoria, Ramsey's 

 White, Downing, Spalding, Black Persian, Black Spanish, John- 



