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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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BUDDING STONE FRUITS. 



56. Sir, — Will you kindly inform me at 

 what st^ge of growth the stone fruits should 

 be budded ? And where can the scions be 

 obtained ? — A. Brown, Bethel, Out. 



The time for budding the stone fruits dif- 

 fers with the different kinds ; thus the plum 

 is usually done about the middle of July, 



Fig. 53. 



and the cherry in August, 

 and the peach in August 

 or September. The im- 

 portant point is to insert 

 the buds while the bark 

 rises freely from the wood ; 

 for if left until too late in 

 the season, it is almost im- 

 possible to lift the bark for 

 the insertion of the scion. 

 The plum is one of the most difficult of the 

 stone fruits to bud with success, unless the 

 right time is chosen, which should be as 

 early as the buds are sufficiently firm to be 

 used, or about the middle of July. Plum 

 stocks for grafting are grown from the pits 

 by planting them in drills, as soon as 

 gathered, about an inch and a half deep. 

 These, at one year old, are transplanted into 

 nursery rows and budded the following 

 summer. 



The peach stocks are usually budded 

 1 I I during the first season of 

 I^JJlj ; growth, and are easily done, 

 t'^^ Sometimes the peach is 

 budded on the plum to 

 give it greater hardiness ; 

 and vice versa, the plum on 

 the peach for easier suc- 

 cess, but such trees are less 

 valuable then when budded 

 on plum stocks. 



The whole process of 

 budding is shown in our 



Fig. 54- 



illustrations, fig. 53, showing the way in 

 which a bud is cut from the stick ready for 

 inserting ; and fig. 54, shows the further pro- 

 cess of cutting, lifting the bark of the stock, 

 inserting the bud and tying it with bass 

 wood bark, which completes the whole 

 operation. 



Sticks of buds are best cut from young 

 trees so as to avoid having blossom buds 

 instead of fruit buds. Any nursery man will 

 sell sticks of buds of desired varieties at a 

 reasonable price. 



KELSEY'S JAPAN PLUM. 



57. Sir, — Has the Kelsey Plum ( Japan 

 Apricot) been successfully fruited in On- 

 tario ? Would it be likely to succeed if 

 worked on our native red plums, or on the 

 Lombard ? — A Brown, Bethel, Out. 



We have no reports as yet of this plum 

 being fruited in Ontario, and we do not think 

 it has been fully tested anywhere in our 

 climate. No doubt it could be successfully 

 budded on any of our native or cultivated 

 plum stocks. 



THE HOOSIE PEAR. 



58. Sir, — What is your opinion of the 

 Hoosie Pear ? — H. Hayes, Springfield. 



We do not know of any fruit grower in 

 Canada who has fruited this pear. It is one 

 of those novelties which may or may not be 

 as valuable as reported. The Hoosie is a 

 seedling originating in Massachusetts. The 

 fruit is described as large, greenish yellow ; 

 flesh, fine grained, melting juicy, with a rich 

 almond flavor, in quality ranking as best. 

 Tree hardy and an abundant bearer. Ripens 

 in the Fall. 



NEW VARIETIES OF GRAPES. 



59. Sir, — How do they get the new varie- 

 ties of grapes ? — H. Hayes, Springfield. 



New varieties of grapes are produced by 

 sowing the seeds of kinds having qualities of 

 merit. In order to secure certain desirable 

 qualities, resort is had to what is known as 

 hybridization ; that is, the flower is fertilized 

 with pollen from some other variety, and the 

 seeds resulting are the ones sown. 



