20 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



is put into its place, bind it securely with bass, beginning a 

 little below the cut and proceeding upward till you are above 

 the crosscut, taking care to miss the eye of the bud, just so 

 that it may be seen through the bandage of the bass. About 

 a week or ten days after the stocks have been budded, they 

 should be examined, when such as have united will appear 

 fresh and full, and those that have not taken will appear de 

 cayed. In the former case the bandage may be left off, and in 

 the latter case, the stock may be budded in another place, pro 

 vided the first operation was done in the month of July or 

 early in August, as these are the two most preferable months 

 for budding fruit-trees in general. Budding is, however, often 

 attended with success, if done early in September. 



SCALLOP-BUDDING 



is performed by cutting from a small stock a thin narrow scal 

 lop of wood about an inch in length, and taking from a twig 

 a thin scallop of wood of the same length ; this is instantly 

 applied, and fitted perfectly at top and bottom, and as nearly 

 as possible on its sides, and firmly bound with wet bass mat 

 ting. This may be performed in the spring, and if it fails, it 

 may be done again in the month of July. The French prac 

 tise this mode on Roses. 



GRAFTING. 



Grafting is the taking a shoot from one tree and inserting it 

 into another in such a manner that both may unite closely and 

 become one tree. These shoots are called scions or grafts, and 

 in the choice of them and the mode of preparing some de 

 scriptions of stocks, the following hints will be useful : 



Those scions are best which are taken from the lateral or 



