A TREATISE ON NUT CULTURE. 



Flute or Annu- Flute or Annular^jBudding is 'often suc- 



lar BuddinO" cessful when the ordinary shield budding 

 fails. It is thus described by Prof. I. L. 



Bndd, of the Iowa Experiment Station: " Top-working the Hick- 

 ory or Walnut, or any common tree or shrub, can be done by 

 annular (flute) budding. June, when the bark slips easily, is 

 the time. Take scions one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch in 

 diameter; remove a ring of bark one and one-half inches to two 

 inches long, bearing a good, strong bud; cut off a limb of the 

 stock, leaving a stub, from which another similar ring of bark is removed. 

 The ring from the scion is carefully split if necessary and substituted, taking 

 care that it fits, neatly, the remaining bark of the stub and that its edges, 

 when split, are close enough to unite; cover the whole with a paper sack tied 

 below the wound and success is sure. Care is necessary that the parts to be 

 united fit and are not bruised." This method, as with ordinary shield budding, 

 requires that the bud should be carefully wrapped with soft yarn, raffia or 

 other flexible material to hold it in place and protect it from the weather. 



GRAFTING. 



G r af t i n g Grafting is the opera- 



tion of inserting a 



scion or shoot into another tree and produce 

 a growth similar to that of the scion. 



There are many styles of grafting, but 

 those generally adopted for nut trees are the 

 Whip, Cleft and Bark Grafting. 



Whip or Tongue whi P or Tongue 



Grafting Grafting is the mode 



generally employed 



in root grafting or upon small stocks one- 

 fourth to three-fourths inch in diameter. 

 Scion and stock should correspond as nearly 

 as possible in size. Make long diagonal cut 



across each; then cut each vertically so that the tongue of "scion 'can be 

 forced into the cleft of the stock, being careful that the line of separation 



CROWN GRAFT. 



