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Cutting from Younjr Wood. 



Plant from a Cutting of Younjj; Wood. 



grafting are serviceable methods where seedling stocks are available. 

 These methods are also useful in enabling growers who have established 

 trees of poor kinds to replace them with better varieties. Budding may 

 be done at any time of the year when growth is active, and the bark can 

 be raised freely. The work is generally done by ordinary buds, as is the 

 case with other fruit trees. Another method, known as " Plate Budding/' 

 is to remove a square piece of bark, or plate from the stock and replace it 

 with another one attached to the scion or bud. As will be seen by the 

 illustration, the nap of bark from the stock is not removed, but hangs 

 down, and after the bud is fixed it is drawn up again and tied firmly, and 

 forms a shield for the new piece. This method is useful in protecting the 

 newly inserted buds. Grafting may be practised in various ways, in 

 accordance with the age of the trees and the objects in view. The most 

 common methods are ' ; Cleft" and ' Side" Grafting. Sometimes small 

 branches are grafted, and this method, which is also known as " Twig 

 Budding," has advantages under certain circumstances. By this method 

 the leaves are in great part removed, and the main portion of the wood 



