THE WALNUT 



Budding 



There are several methods of inserting buds. 

 Some varieties of trees respond readily to any 

 method properly preformed. Other kinds as in 

 grafting- are difficult to bud successfully. After 

 the grafting season has passed about the first 

 of June, when buds have matured you may use the 

 new bud and get a fair growth during the present 

 growing season. In order to force the growth, sever 

 Ihe budded branch just above the first bud, over 

 the bud inserted. This calls for a continuous sap 

 flow to that bud. 



To cut the branch below the bud, means to 

 divert the flow of sap from the bud just put in. 

 Nature has arranged the cells leading to every bud 

 on the limb, and when the limb is severed just below 

 a bud the circulation ceases at the next lower bud 

 and the wood above soon dies. Better results are 

 obtained by inserting the new bud on a bud in the 

 stock, i. e., make the cross cut below a bud and slit 

 the bark down thru this stock bud, raising the bark 

 over this bud to insert the new one ; which Is to 

 make the new top of the tree. The cells being 

 arranged to convey the sap to this point, the in- 

 serted bud is soon healed in and growth begins, i. e.. 

 if the sap be allowed to flow up the stock to a 



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