LECT. in RAISING PLANTS, CROPS, AND TREES 49 



grow, but they would not grow in any plant differing 

 in its nature from a rose. 



Young crab trees are changed into apples by 

 budding, but the apple buds would not grow in the 

 plum, nor plum buds in a pear or any such mixture. 



Budding must be done after midsummer, in July or 

 August, when trees are in full growth, the buds well 

 formed, and the sap active. 



FIG. 8. BUDDING FRUIT TREES AND ROSES. 



It must be done quickly before the sap of either the 

 bud or the stock evaporates and leaves the surfaces 

 dry. If this occurs the buds usually die, but if the 

 work is properly done at the right time more than 

 ninety out of a hundred grow. Millions of trees are 

 raised by budding every year much in the same way 

 as is represented in the illustration. 



References to the sketches are (1) Taking the bud 

 out of a summer shoot. (2) The shield after the 

 wood behind it has been taken out. (3) The slit in 



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