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new limbs from single eyes ; whereas, in grafting, we have 

 to use three or four eyes. Some trees, moreover, propa- 

 gate more readily by budding than by grafting. The stone- 

 fruits exude so much gum, when grafted, that it is hard to 

 succeed in the work. Then, too, in all kinds of fruit where 

 grafting has failed, or been forgotten in spring, budding 

 may be resorted to in summer. Then, if budding fail in 

 summer, the same stocks may be grafted the succeeding 

 spring. 



As has been stated, the shoot from which the buds are 

 taken must be of the current year's growth, and must be 

 mature. This maturity will be shown by the forming of 

 buds at the axils of the leaves, and of the terminal buds. 

 The best buds for working will be found along the middle 

 of the shoot. If it is necessary, in order to have the buds 

 ready to meet the growth of the stock, that the scion or 

 branch from which buds are to be taken should be made 

 to hasten its maturing of the buds, pinch off the ends of 

 the shoot one or two weeks before the buds are to be set. 

 In from eight to twelve days the remaining buds will have 

 ripened and fitted themselves for forming new branches. 



If this pinching is 

 the branch left on 

 buds, after ripen- 

 ing, send out new 

 branches, and make 

 a sort of second 

 growth. The ac- 

 companying illus- 

 tration (Figure 25) 

 represents the cor- 

 rect way of holding 

 cutting off a bud. 

 when cutting the 



done early in the season, and 

 the tree, the result is, the 



Manner of holding the knife to cut 

 off a bud. 



the cion and the knife, when 

 If the cion is small, place it, 

 bud, on a stiff stick, as shown 



