BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 



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On the approach of winter it is a good plan to draw the earth 

 up against the buds as a protection, but this cannot be done when 

 the buds are more than two or three inches from the ground. If 

 the buds are too high up to allow of this earthing up from the 

 ground, especially in the case of somewhat tender kinds, some 

 growers put a very thin covering of grafting wax around the bud, 

 taking care not to cover the tip of the bud more than a very little. 

 This covering is a protection against ice forming behind the bud 

 and from sudden freezing and thawing in winter. However, with 

 our hardy trees this precaution is not necessary. 



FIG. 87. 



FIG. 88. 



FIG. 



FIG. W. The shoot storting from the bud tied to a portion of the stock 

 EA. The line B indicates where the s'ock xhould be cut off late in the 

 season FIG. 88. A plum, bud in the spring of 1893 before growth com- 

 menced. FIG. 89. 'J'?ie tray in which a bud should be cut if the bark is to 

 be taken oat. A form not used much in this country. 



June-Budding. Many eastern nurserymen offer what they 

 call June- budded trees, at low prices. They are small trees that 

 can be easily sent by mail, and are made by an operation similar to 

 common budding, as described herewith, except that the work is 

 done in June, and the inserted buds are forced into growth as soon 

 as they adhere to the stock by cutting off the latter. They make 

 only a small growth the season they are budded. The buds for this 



