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THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



of grafting. The stocks are raised from Cherry stones 



in the same way as for the Plum. The grafting of the 



Cherry is very precarious unless 

 judiciously performed, but the 

 budding method is a certain one. 

 See that the bark of the stock 

 runs free, and then that the bud 

 is well up, i.e. developed. These 

 are the conditions for successful 

 budding : — Insert the buds at the 

 height the tree is to be ; i.e. if 

 for standards, let the stocks attain 

 to the height they are to be before 

 the buds are inserted, and if for 

 dwarfs they must be put in the 

 stocks near the ground. The kind 

 of stock to be used should be 

 determined by the character of 

 the tree required. For ordinary 

 standards, stocks raised from the 

 common wild Cherry may be 

 used, but for dwarfs and trained 

 wall Cherries use the Cerasus 

 Makrfeb stock ; this may be ob- 

 tained from layers and cuttings. 

 Cherries will not fruit well in a 

 cold clay, but require a stony or 

 gravelly soil, and great care 



should be taken not to bruise the bark with the spade, 



or with the hammer or nails. 



Fig. 39.— The Standard 



Cherry budded. 



The Cherry must he 

 budded close to the 

 ground for dwarfs. 



The Peach, Nectarine, &c. 



The Peach and Nectarine require a similar soil to 

 that of the Plum and Cherry, although the Peach 

 requires a somewhat adhesive one ; but a cold clay sub- 

 soil is much against success in Peach-growing. There 

 is no constitutional difference between a Peach and a 

 Nectarine ; the difference exists in the flower and fruit, 

 which gives rather an advantage to the Nectarine on 



