CHAPTER XVII 

 METHODS OF BUDDING 



338. Bud grafting is so special a form of graftage that 

 it is generall}- called biiddiiii;. It is a form in which a 

 single bud with little or no ^vood is applied to the cam- 

 bium of the stock (always growing in normal position'), 

 usually beneath the bark. Many species of plants are 

 propagated In- either budding or grafting; others do 

 better b}- one and not the other method, but there is no 

 general rule by which decision can be made, though 

 thin-barked plants with copious sap generally succeed 

 best when grafted or when buds are used at the time of 

 smallest sap flow. Thus "throwing out," "strangula- 

 tion" or "drowning" of the bud may be obviated. 



Budding is widely popular for propagating fruit trees. 

 es]5ecially the stone fruits, which are almost always 

 budded rather than grafted. Roses, lilacs and many 

 ornamental trees are similarl}- treated. In nurseries it 

 is perhaps more e.xtensixely employed than is grafting. 

 The usual season for budding of peach and plum in the 

 North. is from midsummer to earl_\- fall: in the South a 

 month or six weeks earlier. Thus southern nurserymen 

 have an ad\-antage over northern ones, because they save 

 practicall}- a }'ear's time, and the trees, if well grown, are 

 just as griod as northern grown trees. June budded 

 trees ma\' be fall planted in the .^outh the same season 

 as budded: later ones nrit till the following fall, because 

 the buds remain dormant till spring. 



339. Dormant budding in early spring is rlone to a 

 limited extent in a few southern states. In the North, 

 cherries and apples are usually budded in June and Jul}', 

 though sometimes not till .August. \\'ith fully dormant 

 buds saved as for grafting cions (307), budding may be 



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