PROPAGATION BY BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 



69 



union is buried. If the stock is not entirely hardy the 

 low setting is a great gain. 



A good rule for summer-budding at the North is to 



PIG. 34. FIG. 35. FIG. 36. FIG. 37. ' 



Fig. 84. Shoot containing Buds. The white spaces about the 



buds indicate the amount of bark to be cut off with the bud. 



The shoot is inverted for cutting the buds. 

 Fig. 35. Bud partially inserted between the lips of the stock. 

 Fig. 36. Bud inserted and tied. 

 Fig. 37. Bud cut off, ready for insertion. (All after Bailey.) 



commence work when the terminal bud of the stocks 

 begins to form. As this period is variable with the differ- 

 ent species it lengthens the budding season. It is usual 

 at the North to bud plum stocks in early July, and apple 



