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FRUIT CULTURE. 



Budding. This consists of separating a bud with its 

 root, and a small portion of the bark and wood and in- 

 serting it under the bark of another. The selection must 

 be made from the growth of the season in which the bud- 

 ding is done. In Maryland and Virginia or in the same 

 lattitude budding may be done in June, and the buds will 

 make considerable growth, but as the north is approach- 

 ed the season for budding advances from the tenth of July 

 to the fifteenth of September. Those varieties that mature 

 their fruit early should be budded earlier than late varie- 

 ties. The season for bedding extends over a period of 

 about eight months. Buds can not be kept in good con- 

 dition much over ten days, and even to keep them that 

 length of time it is necessary to strip the shoots (on which 

 are the buds) of their leaves and wrap the shoots in a damp 

 cloth or moss as soon as cut, and then keeping them in a 

 cool cellar among damp sawdust. 



The buds are found in the axils of the leaves, that is 

 where the leaves are fastened to the stems, and to make 

 budding a success there must in all cases be these condi- 

 tions: 



1 . The buds must be perfectly developed. 



2. The bark of the plant to be budded must be easily 

 separated from its wood. 



The bud is cut from the shoots by commencing to cut 

 the bark about one-half inch above the bud to be removed, 



and cutting 

 just deep 

 enough to 

 take a little 

 with the bud, 



THB INSERTION OE THE BUD. 



FRUIT AND 

 WOOD BUDS. 



of the wood 

 so as to care\ 

 fully preserve the root of the 

 bud, for if the root is de- 

 stroyed, the bud is useless. 



The manner of cutting 

 and preparing the stock for 

 the reception of the bud is 

 fully shown in the illustra- 

 tions on this page. 



