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LESSONS IX AGRICULTURE 



And golden orange of the line, 

 The fruit of the apple-tree. 



Bryant. 

 Practical Exercises 

 1. Budding the Peach 



The class may go to a young orchard near the school 

 for this lesson, or several branches of young trees may 

 be brought into the schoolroom. 

 1. Choose the place for the bud. Make a horizontal 



BUDDINO 



FIG. 101. BUDDING 



cut across the stem, just through the bark. Then be- 

 ginning in the middle of the horizontal cut, draw the 

 knife straight down making a vertical cut. (See figure 

 b). Twist the knife sidewise before drawing it out, in 

 order to loosen the bark. The stock is now ready for the 

 bud. 



2. Take the buds from bearing trees of the variety 

 you wish. Cut twigs that have grown this year. The 

 leaves are still on them. At the base of each leaf, and 

 between the leaf and the branch, you will find a little 



