CHAPTER XI. 



GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



INFLUENCE OF THE STOCK — OF THE SCION — THE SEASON — THE WAX 



METHODS THE CLEFT GERFFE A UN SEUL EAMEAU, DONT UNE 



PARTIE DU SUJET EST COUPEE EN BISEAU THE CROWN TUBULAR 



BUDDING WITH DORMANT EYES — THE PEG — GREFFE SYLVAIN, RE- 

 NEWAL, SIDE, WHIP GREFFE FENARI DE THOUIN GRAFTING FRUIT- 

 SPURS — INARCHING — GREFFE MORCEAU — COMMON INARCHING, IN 

 THE AXIS OF THE LEAF, SQUARE BUD, TUBULAR BUD — GREFFE EN 

 ECUSSON — THE BUDDING-MACHINE — FOR IMMEDIATE FRUITING — 

 RENEWAL — GRAFTING THE VINE — MIDSUMMER — EMBRYONIC. 



^HESE are among the most interesting and im- 

 portant operations of the orchardist; for by 

 means of them he can transform his trees from 

 those of little value to such as are of rare ex- 

 cellence. Without these processes there would be 

 no way of disseminating many desirable fruits ; for, 

 as each variety originated in a single tree, by the 

 natural course of reproduction from seed, there 

 would never be a certainty of another like it. 



Although the influence of the stock upon the 

 scion may be small in altering its specific character, 

 yet there is no doubt that it does in some degree 

 change its appearance and texture. The reader has 

 probably seen two trees of the same sort standing 

 side by side, exposed to the same influences, and 



