140 COCOA 



CHAI'. 



Much greater success was obtained with another 

 method of budding, i.e. patch -budding. A square piece 

 of bark with a bud is taken from the selected branch or 



A. B. 



FIG. 49. Budding on watershoots. 



In A a piece of baikhas been removed ; in B a new piece of bark of the selected tree has 

 been fixed to the open place. 



watershoot, while a piece of bark of the same size or a 

 little larger is removed from the stock-plant. The 

 piece of bark of the selected branch is then fixed on the 



