BUDS 



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ground or just above it, packing the soil well about the base of 

 the cutting to cause the roots to start promptly (Fig. 52). Young 

 plants may be thus started in the garden or nursery row and left 

 for one season. They are trans- 

 planted to the vineyard a year 

 or two later. 



Buds are used in the propa- 

 gation of peaches, plums, pears, 

 apples and many ornamental 

 trees and shrubs by a process 

 called budding or bud - grafting. 

 The most common form of bud- 

 ding, in the propagation of fruit 

 trees, is that known as shield- 

 budding (Fig. 53). Other forms 

 of budding are sometimes used. 



Plate-budding, in which a rec- 

 tangular plate bearing the bud 

 is made to fit into an incision in 

 the bark of like hape and size of 



is Sometimes USed in propagating mall et cutting, heel cutting, single-eye cut- 

 .. 5 ing, two-bud cutting. 



olive trees. 



H-budding is a modification of this in which a flap of bark is 

 left both above and below the center of the opening on the stock; 

 those cover the bud at the ends when it is inserted. 



FIG. 52. Method of placing hardwood cutting in a trench. The soil is now to be filled in 

 and tramped firmly against the cuttings, leaving one bud projecting above the surface. 



Ring- or annular-budding may be used in propagating magnolia 

 and hickory trees, which have very thick bark. A ring of bark is 

 removed entirely from the stock and in its place is put a piece 

 with its good bud, to fit the ring closely. 



