WHEN AND HOW TO BUD OR GRAFT, 



OR MAKE CUTTINGS OR LAYERS. 



(Budding is a process of propagation of varieties ; so 

 also grafting and growing from cuttings or layers .} There 

 are various modes of performing the work, and however 

 well we or other authors may describe it, we advise every 

 new beginner to visit a leading nurseryman or amateur 

 fruit grower in his immediate neighborhood, where he 

 can learn-more in a half day of observation than all of 

 what is printed. In order to be successful, both the 

 stock and graft or bud should be in a healthy, vigorous 

 state. 



The time to bud is generally with the cherry and plum, 

 in August following with pear, apple and peach. The 

 name of the month here specified is indicative of the sea- 

 son, and taken as a guide for the northern and middle 

 States. The grafting period is usually upon the ap- 

 proach of spring, but grafts, in large quantities are 

 made upon pieces of roots during winter and packed 

 away in sand to be planted in spring. 



Cuttings of buds, for budding, may be made at any 

 time when the tree has formed its terminal buds of growth 

 for the year and the buds are ripe. 



