EXERCISE XXX 



THE STUDY OF SHIELD AND PRONG BUDDING 



Material. Bud sticks, stocks of the peach or willow (prefer- 

 ably steamed, if the exercise is practiced in the laboratory). 



Apparatus. Raffia or 

 grafting-cord, budding- 

 knife. 



Budding is the opera- 

 tion of applying a single 

 bud, bearing little or no 

 wood, to the surface of 

 the growing wood of the 

 stock. The bud is ap- 

 plied directly to the 

 cambium layer of the 

 stock. It is usually in- 

 || I ; lilli serted under the bark, 

 but in some forms of 

 budding the bud is used 

 to cover the wound made 

 on the stock . P Ian ts with 

 thin bark and plenty of 

 sap are likely to do better 

 when budded than plants 

 with thick, heavy bark. 



SHIELD BUDDING 

 This is the style of 



(7, the stock, showing^the^ud in position ready budding tna t is in gen- 

 eral use, and the one that 



is the most often practiced. It is known as shield budding, 

 from the shieldlike shape of the portion of bark bearing the 

 bud. Secure small branches, about three eighths of an inch in 

 diameter, of either the peach or the willow. If the exercise is 



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FIG. 19. Shield budding 



A, the stock, showing the longitudinal and the 

 transverse cut ; B, the hud removed from the bud 

 stick and ready to be inserted into the stock ; 



