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BUD 



BUDDING, ill G.irdtrning, is B motliod of propagation, 

 praAifid for various forts of trees, but pariicuhirly thufc of 

 flic fruit k!nds. It is tlic only method wliish can be had 

 rccouric to witii ccrtuinty, for continuing ai:d multiplying 

 tlic approved varieties of many forts of fruit and otlier trees ; 

 as althonph their feeds readily grow, and become trees, not 

 one out ol a hundred, fo railal, produces any thing like the 

 oiiginal ; and but very few that are pood. But trees or 

 ituckt railed in this ni;!nntr, or bi.int; budded with the pro- 

 ,)ir fort's, the bnds produce invariably the fame kind of tree, 

 ruit, llovvtr, ^;c. continuing unulterably the fanie aftcr- 

 wa-ds. 



This mode of propagation is particularly ufcful for 

 peiches, nectarines, and apricots, which fuccctd better by 

 budding than piafting ; and are ufually worked upon plum 

 flocks, raifed from ieed, and fonietimcs, from thole raifed 

 from fuckers, layer?, and cuttings. Thcfe forts of trees arc 

 often likewilc budded ni)o;i Uocks raifed from the kernels 

 of thefe kinds of fruit ; they are, however, more ilrona and 

 durable, in general, when grafted upon plum (locks. Plum 

 and cherry trees are alfo often prop'igated by budding, as 

 well as grafting ; the fecond fort is, however, generally the 

 moft profpcrous by the latter method, as being more apt to 

 gum and go off by budding. Thefe diiftrtnt trees being of 

 the fame genus, grow upon ftocks of each other, but much 

 the beft upon their own (locks, as plum upon plum, and 

 cherry upon cherry (locks. 



Apples a!id pears may like wife be propagated by the 

 buddinif method, as well as by grafting ; but as they grow 

 freely by grafting, which is the moll eafy and expeditious, 

 they are more commonly increafed in that method. In (hort, 

 mod kinds of fruit trees, as well as others, that are capable 

 of being propagated by grafting, alfo fucceed by budding ; 

 grafting is, however, more adapted to fDme forts, and bud- 

 ding to others. Various forts of forell and flowering trees, 

 decu'nouR as well as evergreen, may l:kewife be propa- 

 gated by budding, which is a ceitain method to continue 

 particular vari< tiei;, fuch as many of the variegated leaved 

 kinds, as the variegated holhes, and many other forts. The 

 budding in almoll all forts, is performed on youjig trees 

 raifed from feed, fntkcrs, layers, &c. which, when raifed 

 purpofely for budding and grafting upon, are called (locks, 

 and which, after becuniing about lialf an inch thick in the 

 bottoms of the (Urns, or a little more or lefs, according to 

 circ'imdanccs, are of a proper fize for the purpofe, though 

 It may be perfoimtd upon (locks from the fize of a goofe 

 q.ull to an inch or more, being modly done upon (locks or 

 trees o( the fame genus. 



The docks for this ufe, are commonly, as has been ob- 

 ferved, raiftd from feed, as the kernels or dones of thefe 

 different fo-ts of fruit, &c. fown in autumn or fpring in beds 

 in the ..urlery an inch or two deep, which, when a year or 

 two old, Ihould be tranfplanted into nurfery rows, two feet 

 afunder, and fifteen or eighteen inches didant in the rows, 

 to dand for budding upon, keeping them to one dem, and 

 luffering their tops to run up entire ; when of two or three 

 years growth, or about the fize of the little finger at bot- 

 tom, or a little more, they are as has been feen of due fize 

 for budding upon. Stocks raifed from fuckers ariiing from 

 the roots of the trees of thefe different forts, layers, and 

 cuttings of them, are alfo made ufe of; but they are not fo 

 good for the purpofe. Budding may likewife be performed 

 occafionally upon trees that already bear fruit, when in- 

 tended to change the forts, or have different forts on the 

 lame tree, or to renew any particular branch of a tree • the 

 operation being performed on the young (hoots of the year. 

 or of one or two years' growth only. 



CUD 



The mod proper feafon for performing the operation of 

 budding, is from about the middle of June, until the middle 

 or latter end of Augud ; fome, however, b( gin to bud in 

 June, but the buds mferted fo early are apt to dioot in the 

 (ame year, and thefe not having time to harden, arc liable to 

 Le killed in winter. Tlie buds for this ufe ftiould in general 

 be taken only from the young dioots of the year, a1 thofe 

 of the fime fummer's growth, which mud be cut from the 

 trees of the forts intended to be propagated, always choof- 

 ing them from healthy thriving trees ; and if fruit trees 

 from fuch as bear the lined fruit of their refpedive kinds and 

 varieties. A quantity of the bed moderately ftrong youne 

 flioots diould be cut each day as they are wanted -and at 

 they are gathered, the leaves cut off, but not quite clofe 

 rcferving about a quarter of an inch of their foot-dalks' 

 trimming off alfo the foft unripened top end of each cut' 

 ting, covering them from the fun and ai,-, and taking then! 

 out as wanted. As each cutting furnidics many budf, thev 

 are to be cut off about an inch and a half loner, one at a 

 time, as they are inferted in the docks. Thofe in the mid 

 die part of the cutting are preferable to tliofe towards each 

 end, theugh in cafes of fcarcity of cuttings, every one of 

 them may be ufed. One bud only is in general inferted in 

 each dock ; fome, however, place two on each fide oppo- 

 lite each other. ' " 



The mod proper height to bud docks varies according to 

 the intention but from about three or four inches to fix 

 eet or more Irom the ground is pradtifed. To have dwarf 

 trees for walls and efpahers, &c. they mud be budded from 

 within about three to fix inches from the bottom, that thev 

 mayfird funnfh branches near the ground: for half ftan. 

 dards, at the height of three or four feet ; and for full dan. 

 dards, at from about (ive to fix or feven feet hi^h • the 

 itocks being trained accordingly. " ' 



The neceffary implements "and materials for this purpofe. 

 are a fmall budding knife for preparing the docks andTuds 

 for infeition, having a flat thin haft to open the bark of 

 the docks m order to admit the buds; and a quantity of 

 new bafs dnngs well moiftened, to tie them with ^ 



In performing the operation of budding, the head of the 

 dock IS not to be cut off, as ingrafting, but the bud in! 

 ferted into the fide, the head rema^lnmg entire till the fprin " 

 afterwards and then cut off. A fmo^'oth part on the^(^.df 

 of the docks at the proper height, rather on the north ( de! 

 away from the fun fliould be chofen ; and then with the 

 knife an horizontal cut made acrols the rind, and from the 

 middle of that cut, a flit downwards about two incL in 



(^ofk h " ATn.'^' ^^"" T' being careful led the 

 dock be wounded. Then having cut off the leaf from he 

 bud, leaving the foot-dalk remaining, make a crofs cut 

 about half an inch below the eye, and^;ith the kn/e flit off 

 the bud with part of the wood to it, fomewhat in he form 



was^Uke^w tl°th K''^K^ ''■'' P^^' °f '^^ ^JdJh-cl 

 «as taken with the bud, being careful, that the eve of the 



bud be left w:th It as all thof?buds which lofe the r ets i^ 



dripping fliould be thrown away as ^ood for no^hinV 



then having gently raifed the bark of fhe flock whJth; 



crofs incfion was made with the flat haft of the knife clear 



the -d b i„ i„ ,,^ buf ichry\ft;o"io!:rf: 



the flit ; and after having exaftly fitted the bud to the (fock 



taken i 



