A TREATISE ON NUT CULTURE. 



BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 



BUDDING. 



HI FTER THE TREES are set in orchard the ground should be thoroughly 

 *** cultivated. It may be planted to some hoed crop, but not to grass or 

 grain, and after one season in orchard they should be grafted or budded to the 

 desired variety, if not done before removing from nursery rows. 



Budding Budding is the operation of inserting the bud of a 



plant into or under the bark of another tree, for the 

 purpose of raising, upon any stock, a variety different from that of the stock. 



CUTTING OUT SHIELD BUD. 



SHIELD BUD TIED IN STOCK. 



Shield Budding 



In Shield Budding the bud is inserted under the bark 

 of the stock and is the method generally adopted, 



but with few exceptions has not proven successful with nut trees, other than 



the Almonds. 



