CHAPTER Lx. 
BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 
If the nursery ground has been well worked and the seed 
properly handled, the growth of the seedling will be strong and 
rapid. Jf an early start was had and other conditions favorable, 
some kinds will be ready for budding in June, and the produc- 
tion of what are called “June buds,” as will be described pres- 
ently. In ordinary practise, however, budding will come later, 
and the budding season extends from July to October. The 
weight of the budding of deciduous trees is generally done in 
August and September. 
Budding Illustrated. 
The process of budding, as employed on all the common 
fruit trees, is very simple. It consists in lifting the bark and 
inserting a bud from another tree in such a way that the inner 
bark of the bud shall come in contact with the layer of growing 
wood in the stock, and then it will be quickly knit to it by the 
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