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BUDDING AND GRAFTING 



and in appearance. It should be from one to one and one- 

 half inches in length. 



To practice shield budding a vertical cut is made about 

 one and one-half inches in length. On the stock at the point 



Fig. 38. — Successive stages in 

 shield budding. 



Fig. 39. — Plate budding, showing 

 the cut on the stock and the bud. 



where the bud is to be inserted a second cut is made 

 about one-half inch in length, and placed near the top 

 of the vertical cut and usually at right angles to it. In cer- 

 tain sections of the South the transverse cut is made at the 

 bottom of the vertical cut, which gives the appearance of an 



