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and Nectarines.* It is essential to success, 

 1 st. That the bark of the stock should part free- 

 ly from the wood ; for whenever, either from 

 the season of the year or the feeble condition 

 of the stock, the bark adheres to the wood, the 

 operation will certainly prove a failure. 

 2d. The bud which is to be inserted, should be 

 well ripened; otherwise it will not have vital 

 energy sufficient to establish, itself, in its new 

 location. 



To prepare a stick of buds for budding in 

 summer or autumn, take a scion of the pre&- 

 ent season's growth, and cut off the portions- 

 of each end of it containing buds that are im- 

 perfectly developed. Next, cut off the leaves, 

 at a point about in the middle of their stems 

 or footstalks. The buds which are- to be used, 

 lie in the angle on the upper side of these 

 stems. Upon the Peach and some other trees, 

 three classes of buds will be noticed, single, 

 double, and triple. Double buds being gener- 



* It will give a better idea of the proper time for autumn bud- 

 ding, to mention, that a bud has two stages of growth, 1st, to 

 unite itself with its stock j 2d,to form wood of its own. The 

 best time to set a bud, in summer or autumn, is just early enough 

 to allow it time to complete its first stage of growth, without en- 

 tering upon its second, this latter growth being delayed until the 

 ensuing spring. 



