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SCHOOL AND HOME GAUDENING 



The buds for grafting in actual practice are taken from 

 budding stocks or scions from the new growth of trees of the 

 desired varieties. The leaves are trimmed off, but stems 

 are left near each bud to aid in handling when the bud is 

 removed from the scion. The stems or plants where the buds 

 are to be inserted are called stocks. As the budding operation 

 is performed in the nursery or garden where the stocks are 

 growing, the operator must get down close to the ground to 

 do the work properly. 



Fig. 94. — School boys budding young peach trees. (Rittenhouse School Gardens.) 



11. Budding Peaches, Plums or Cherries. — In late summer or 

 early fall, before the leaves drop, cut scions from known varieties 

 ( Figs. 94 and 95 ) . Use the buds from these in grafting seedling 

 plums or peaches of the current year's growth. Protect by wrapping 

 well, as described in another exercise. 



Stocks for this purpose are usually started from native 

 seedling peaches, plums, or cherries. Special kinds of stock 

 are, liowever, desired for a few \ariclics of plums and cherries 

 (Fig. 96) . Tlie pits of ])earhos and plums arc frozen over win- 



