INOCULATION. 29 



It will be perceived, that instead of tbe usual mode 

 of budding, after tbe commencement of tbe Autumnal 

 flow of sap, and keeping the bud without shooting un- 

 til the following Spring, when the top of the stock is 

 cut off this improved mode gains a season in point 

 of maturity, if not of growth, and has the effect of in- 

 grafting the preceding spring, in all cases where the 

 bud sprouts in the proper time to form a strong shoot, 

 capable of sustaining, without injury, the frost of the 

 ensuing winter. 



