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REPRODUCTION 



or upon the so-called Free stocks raised from seeds of cider 

 apples. 



Heart and Bigarreau varieties of cherry are budded and grafted 

 on seedlings of the Wild Gean (Prunus Avium L.), the Morello 

 and Duke types being inserted on stocks of Dwarf cherry (Frunus 

 Cerasus L.). 



Mussel and St Julien plums are frequently used as stocks for 

 plums. A great many different ways of preparing and inserting 

 the buds and scions are practised. 



In the propagation of fruit trees and roses by budding, the 

 commonest method is that known as shield-buddi7tg, which is 

 usually performed in July or August when the bark of the stock 

 can be readily separated from the wood along the active 

 cambium-ring. The buds selected for insertion must, of 

 course, be wood buds, and are taken from shoots produced 



in the same year. They 

 must not be too young 

 nor too old, and are 

 therefore cut from the 

 middle portion of the 

 shoot where the wood 

 is about half-ripe. 



The bud to be used 

 is cut from the young 

 shoot in the manner in- 

 dicated at a 6, Fig. 93 : 

 a shield-shaped piece 

 of the bark is removed 

 with the bud, and also 

 a small portion of the 

 wood of the shoot, which 

 ' ''" '^' must be carefully pulled 



from the bark and thrown away. If in withdrawing this small 

 piece of wood the rudimentary vascular cylinder or axis of the 



