AGRICULTURE FOR SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 7 
Lesson 9. — Budding and Grafting. 
1. Definition. 
2. Underlying principles. 
3. Essential requisites. 
Lesson 10. — Budding and Grafting — Continued. 
1. Types of budding. 
2. Types of grafting. 
3. Materials and methods. 
Exercise 6. — Field Practice in Budding. 
Exercise 7. — Practice in Simple Types of Grafting. 
Lesson 11. — Nursery and Orchard Practices. 
1. Methods used in producing nursery stock. 
2. Methods used in trying out new varieties. 
3. Bridge-grafting wounded trees. 
4. Top- working established orchards. 
Special references. — Farmers' Bulletin 539, The Propagation of Citrus Trees in the 
Gulf States. Yearbook 1902, Top- working Orchard Trees. 
Note. — This lesson may be supplemented to good advantage by a field trip to an 
orchard or nursery where such work is in progress. 
FRUIT GROWING. 
(Thirty-five lessons, 12 double periods for practical work. Projects.) 
References. — The following Farmers' Bulletins; 113, The Apple and How to Grow 
It; 154, The Home Fruit Garden, Preparation and Care; 482, The Pear and How to 
Grow It; 538, Sites, Soils and Varieties of Citrus Groves in the Gulf States; 631, 632, 
and 633, Growing Peaches; 700, Pecan Culture; 776, Growing Cherries East of the 
Rocky Mountains. Articles in the following Yearbooks: 1900, Commercial Pear 
Culture; 1901, The Home Fruit Garden. Commercial Apple Growing; 1902, Culti- 
vation and Fertilization of Peach Orchards. 
Lesson 1. — Factors Determining Success in Fruit Growing. 
1. Relation to general farming and live stock. 
2. Climate and weather conditions. 
3. Accessibility to markets. 
4. The personal factor. 
Illustrative material. — Illustrated Lecture on Orchard Management, States Rela- 
tions Service, Office of Farmers' Institutes. 
Lesson 2. — The Location and Site for the Orchard. 
1. Soils and subsoils. 
2. The moisture supply and water drainage. 
3. Temperatures and air drainage. 
4. Wind protection. 
5. Exposure and slope. 
Lesson 3. — Classification of Fruits. 
1 . Pome fruits, stone fruits, citrus fruits, and other fruits of the orchard. 
2. Small fruits and grapes. 
3. Other fruits. 
