THE STORY OF A TREE. 
Summer Budding in the Genesee Valley. 
BUDDING TIME.—The budding season is here, and 
the nurserymen of the country are all busy. In fact, it 
is the most important time of all the year for them, 
tion of these are planted for Summer budding in the 
nurseries of the North. Budding is therefore most 
important to the nurseryman, because the whole suc¬ 
cess or failure of his crop depends on how he suc¬ 
ceeds in getting the buds of the varieties he intends 
to propagate to live in the natural seedlings and start 
too big to be budded to the best advantage, so the 
peach pits or meats are handled in such a manner that 
they may be budded the same season that they are 
sown. 
THE SEEDLINGS.—Preliminary to the work of 
budding, the seedlings must receive the best attention 
A PERFECT STAND OF PEAR SEEDLINGS JULY 1 ; READY TO BUD IN ABOUT TEN DAYS. Fig. 321 . 
APPLE SEEDLINGS ON JULY 1; READY TO BUD ABOUT AUGUST 1 . Fig.' 322. 
especially for those who make a business of growing 
fruit trees. Practically all the varieties of pear, plum 
and cherry trees are propagated in the manner de¬ 
scribed in this article. Only apple seedlings are worked 
on root-grafts to any extent, and even a large propor¬ 
to grow the following Spring. Most of our natural 
fruit seedlings, with the exception of apple, are im¬ 
ported from France. Apple seedlings are grown ex¬ 
tensively in the Western States, especially Kansas 
and Iowa. A transplanted peach seedling would grow 
in order to maintain a healthy and vigorous growth. 
This of course can be brought about only by thorough 
care and cultivation. More than half the failures in 
getting buds to live in the seedlings are due to neg¬ 
lect of the stock before budding time. The budding 
