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GENESEE FARMER. 



July. 



size will require budfling earlier than young 

 seedling stocks. But the operation is always, 

 and only, performed when the hark of the stock 

 parts or separates freely from the wood, and 

 when the buds of the current year's growth are 

 somewhat plump, and the young wood is growing 

 firm. Young stocks 'in the nursery, if thrifty, 

 are usually planted out in rows in the spring, 

 and budded the same summer or autumn. 



Before commencin:^ you should 

 provide yoursslf with a budding 

 knife about 4^ inches long, having 

 a rounded blade at one end, and an 

 ivory handle terminating in a thin 

 rounded edge called the haft at the 

 other. 



In choosing 3-our buds, select thrifty 

 shoots that have nearly done grow- 

 ing, and prepare what is called a 

 stick of buds, (Fig. 16,) by cutting 

 off a i'ew of the imperfect buds at the 

 •lower, and such as may be yet too 

 soft at the upper ends, leaving only 

 smooth well developed single buds; 

 double buds being fruit buds. Cut 

 off the leaves, allowing about half 

 an inch of the foot-stalks to re- 

 main for conveniently inserting the 

 buds. Some strands of bass-matting 

 about 12 or 14 inches long, previ- 

 ously soaked in water to render them 

 soft and pliable, (or in the absence 

 of these some soft woolen yarn,) 

 must also be at hand for tying the buds. 



Shield or T budding is the most approved mode 

 in all countries. A new variety of this method 

 now generally practiced i.i this country, we shall 

 describe first as being the simplest and best mode 

 for fruit trees. 



American Shield Budding. Having your 

 stick of buds ready, choose a smooth portion of 

 the stock. When the latter is small, let it be 

 near the ground, and, if equally convenient, se- 

 lect also the north side of the stock, as less expo- 

 sed to the sun. Make an upright incision in the 

 bark from an inch to an inch and a half long, and 

 at the top of this make a cross cut, so that the 

 whole shall form a T. From the stick of buds, 



your knife being 



very sharp, cut a 



thin, smooth slice 



h of wood and bark 



containing a bud, 



Fig. 17, a. With 



the ivory haft of 



your budding knife 



now raise the bark 



on each side of the 



incision just wide 



-jij/-™ enough to admit 



Fig. 17. American easily the prepared 



shield budd'mg. bud. Taking hold 



Fig. 16. A 

 stick of buds. 



of the foot-stalk of the leaf, insert the bud under 

 the bark, pushing it gently down to the bottom 

 of the incision. If the upper portion of the bud 

 projects above the horizontal part of the T, cut 

 it smootiily off now, so that it may completely 

 fit h. A bandage of the soft matting is now tied 

 pretty firmly over the whole wound, Fig. 18, 

 commencing at the bottom, and leaving the bud, 

 and the footstalk of the leaf only e.xposed to the 

 light and air. 



After treatment. In two weeks after the ope- 

 ration you will be able to see whether the bud 

 has taken, by its plumpness and freshness. If it 

 has failed, you may, if the bark still parts readily, 

 make smother trial ; a clever budder will not lose 

 over 6 or 8 per cent. If it has succeeded, after 

 a fortnight more has elapsed the bandage must 

 be loosened, or if the stock has swelled much, it 

 should be removed altogether. When budding 

 has been performed very late, we have occasion- 

 ally found it an advantage to leave the bandage 

 on durins: the winter." 



Uorlifultiiral Exhibition at Buffalo. 



Our enterprising friends in Buffalo held their 



June exhibition on the 17th ; and we are happy 



to learn, from the newspapei-s and otherwise, 



that it was grand beyond all expectation. The 



Commercial Advertiser says : 



'■The Hortu lltural Exhibition yesterday was a 

 most brilliant and pleasing atlair. The coileclioii of Flow- 

 ers and Boquets was certainly most credital)le to the several 

 donors, and the general arrangement of the whole matter 

 showed exceeding good taste on the part of the officers and 

 Managers, as well as the Ladies Committee, who were, as 

 we observed, most etficient co-workes on the occasion. — 

 Indeed, we could have hardly supposed it possible for Buf- 

 falo to have produced so beautiful an afiair in Horticulture, 

 as the exhibition just named.'' 



We may well congratulate the people of West- 

 ern New York on the Horticultural spirit that 

 seems to animate them at the present time. We 

 now number three societies — one in Aurora, one 

 in Buffalo, and one in Rochester — all in a most 

 flourishing state. The effect which these socie- 

 ties will have, in connection with the efforts of 

 our enterprising nurserymen, in enriching and 

 beautifying the country, cannot easily be calcu- 

 lated. Every man who has the matter of rural 

 improvement truly at heart, will not fail to give 

 them all the support and encouragement in his 

 power. 



We will notice the details of the Buffalo exhi- 

 tion in our next. 



Our correspondent "H." of Fairport, will 

 please accept our thanks for his communication 

 on "The Management of Fruit Trees." It was 

 received too late for this number, but will re- 

 receive attention in our next. The subject is one 

 of great importance to all our readers, — and we 

 will be thankful for facts and suggestions, from 

 any and every quarter, provided they be the re- 

 sult of actual observation. 



