GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 65 







is desired to grow some selected, choice kind 

 upon a stock of a hardy variety For this pur- 

 pose seedlings of the kind to be used for the 

 stocks in practice often sour oranges or rough 

 lemons should be raised in nursery beds. 

 When the stems are of about the thickness of 

 one's finger, insert buds of the selected variety 

 in the stem of the stock, three or four inches 

 above the level of the ground. In about ten to 

 fourteen days the buds should be found to be 

 securely united to the stocks, when the wrap- 

 pings of budding tape may be removed. Four 

 or five days after this cut part- way through the 

 stem of the stock about an inch or two above 

 the inserted bud and bend down the top of 

 the stem from the cut point so as to lie along 

 the surface of the ground. The flow of sap to 

 the upper part of the stock is thus checked 

 and increased growth of the bud results. When 

 each bud has developed into a good strong 

 branch cut off the now prostrate stem and 

 trim down the stump close to the point where 

 the brand i arising from the bud grows out, so 

 that the scar may heal neatly and the new 

 branch may grow straight as a continuation 

 of the stem and thus form a shapely tn . 

 Should any luid develop at any point below 

 the place where budding took place it must 

 be rubbed or pinched off. 



