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like that of the tree from which the bud was taken. 

 That the operation may be successful, wood buds must 

 always be selected. If fruit buds are used, they will 

 bloom, but will not make any growth. There are three 

 classes of buds : single, double and triple, but the single 

 are used chiefly. The wood buds are easily distinguished 

 by their being rather slender and pointed (c,^gr. 4), while 

 the fruit buds are of a fuller and more rounded form (a 

 and b fig. 4). Double and triple buds are found princi- 

 pally in the stone fruits. The latter are numerous in the 

 peach, the middle one always being a wood bud (d, fig. 4),. 

 The fruit buds of the peach are formed one year and 

 bloom the next; hence, both wood and fruit buds are 

 found on the same shoot of the current year's growth;: 

 but on the new wood of the apple and the pear are 

 usually found wood buds only. Fig. 18 represents another 



Fig. 18. 



method called annular budding, sometimes applied tO' 

 trees with very thick bark. The figure is suflScient ex- 

 planation of the process. Girdled trees are sometimes 

 restored in this way. Budding and grafting both have 

 their special advantages. The former is done at a more 

 convenient season, and can be repeated on stocks that 

 have not taken from the first operation ; the latter may 

 be applied to trees on which budding has failed, and 

 grafted trees require less attention after the operation is 

 performed than those that are budded. 



