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BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 



purpose may be hastened in maturing by pinching in the ends of 

 the shoots to be used for bud-sticks. For ordinary purposes noth- 

 ing is gained by budding in June, for a plant budded in August 

 will make as large, if not a larger, growth by the end of the follow- 

 ing year than a June- budded tree of the same age will make in its 

 two years of growth, and will make a straighter tree. 



The bark is removed from the bud after it is cut off by some 

 budders, but in general practice in this country it is left on. How- 

 ever, care should be used not to cut the bud very thick, or the large 

 amount of wood in it will prevent its binding into place smoothly 

 and evenly. When the wood is to be removed from the bud the 

 latter is cut off in a little different way from the method des- 

 cribed, and the way this is done is illustrated by Fig. 89. The c'~ts 

 A and B are made in order and by a dexterous twist the bud and 

 bark removed. It is then inserted as previously described. 



Other Forms of Budding are used occasionally, but in all 

 of them the same general laws, as laid down for shield budding, 

 are necessary for success. Figure 90 shows what is called flute 



budding, to perform which 



the bark of the stock is cut 



out to exactly fit the bark 



of the bud to be inserted. 



Figure 91 shows a form of 



budding wherein a circle 



of bark is taken out of the 



bud-stick and inserted into 



a stock or branch of about 



the same size. These are 

 I unusual forms and only 



used for some special pur- 

 pose. In budding on the 



branches of trees it is gen- 

 erally best to insert the I"' 



bud on the upper side, but 



the place for its insertion 



FIG. 90. 

 Flute Budding 



FIG. 91. 

 Ring Budding. 



should be governed by the form of the tree. Budded trees are no 

 better than grafted trees, but they may be as good, or perhaps 

 worse, according to the way in which the work is done. If the 

 buds and stocks are 

 perfectly hardy, as for 

 instance when our na- 

 tive plum seedlings are 

 budded with similar 

 kinds of improved qual- 

 ity, as with the DeSoto 

 plum, then the tree re- 

 sulting is as good as if 



root-grafted. But if Y ^. <d-.- At work inserting buds near the 

 the hardy kinds of ap- ground on small stocks. 



