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BUDDING AND GRAFTING 



and in appearance. It should be from one to one and one- 

 half inches in length. 



To practise shield budding a vertical cut is made about 

 one and one-half inches in length. On the stock at the point 



Fig. 



I. — Successive stages in 

 shield budding. 



Fig. 40. — Plate budding, showing the 

 cut on the stock and the bud. 



where the bud is to be inserted a second cut is made about 

 one-half inch in length, and placed near the top of the 

 vertical cut and usually at right angles to it. In certain 

 sections of the South the transverse cut is made at the 

 bottom of the vertical cut, which gives the appearance of 



