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inserted beneath the bark and is held in place by raffia or 

 occasionally by a common string. 



Peaches are usually propagated by budding. Peach 

 stones are allowed to freeze during the winter. In the 

 spring they are planted, and before winter the shoots are 

 ready to use. A bud is inserted upon each shoot near the 

 ground; and after it is well started, the shoot above the 



BUDDING. 

 Four stages of the operation are shown from left to right. 



bud is cut off. Other stone fruits, like cherries and plums, 

 are propagated in a similar way. 



134. Stock and Scion. In all forms of grafting, includ- 

 ing budding, the scion is really a transplanted plant. The 

 new growth, above the graft, resembles the scion plant. 1 

 The stock does little except to furnish nourishment to the 



1 If branches are allowed on the stock plant below the graft, those branches 

 will resemble the original stock. An apple tree may be so grafted as to bear 

 several different kinds of fruit on different branches. 



