EXERCISE XXXI 



THE STUDY OF PLATE BUDDING AND H-BUDDING 



Material. Bud sticks, stocks of the peach or willow. 

 Apparatus. Budding-knife, raffia or grafting-cord. 



PLATE BUDDING 



This form of budding is used on certain plants where the 

 shield bud is not successful. 



Secure branches of either the peach or the 

 willow, about one-half inch in diameter or a 

 trifle larger and of any convenient length. 

 With the budding-knife make a rectangular 

 incision, three fourths of an inch in length and 

 one fourth to three eighths of an inch in width, 

 in the stock through the bark to the wood 

 (Fig. 21), and turn down the flap of bark. 

 Now cut a section of bark including a well- 

 formed bud, similar in shape to the rectangular 

 section in the stock. The bud on the bark 

 should be about twice as far from the bottom 

 as from the top of the bark. No wood should 

 be attached to the bark containing the bud. 

 Now place the bud under the flap of bark so 

 that the cambium layer of the bud and the 

 stock are in close apposition, and turn the flap 



over the bud and tie firmly. The operation 



FIG. 21. Plate bud, . J 



showing the stock w now complete. 



with the bark Make a drawing, four inches in length, show- 

 turned back and m g the stock with the flap of bark cut and 

 the bud ready for -, n T , , ,, 



insertion turned down. Label all parts. Make a drawing 



of the bud twice its natural size, and label. Make 

 another drawing, four inches in length, showing the stock with 

 the bud in place and wrapped. Describe fully each operation. 

 On what kind of plants is this form of budding used ? Discuss. 



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