. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 100 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ai'uiL 2, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. SHIELD BUDDING FOR THE MANGO. In Bulletin No. 20 of the Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment Station, an account is given of the means by which shield budding may be employed in the case of the mango, and the advantages of the method suggest that it is worthy of trial in the West Indies. An illustrated account of the propagation of the mango by patch budding was given in the Agricultural News, \o\. Ill, p. iS'-i. In order to facilitate experi- ments in shie
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 100 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ai'uiL 2, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. SHIELD BUDDING FOR THE MANGO. In Bulletin No. 20 of the Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment Station, an account is given of the means by which shield budding may be employed in the case of the mango, and the advantages of the method suggest that it is worthy of trial in the West Indies. An illustrated account of the propagation of the mango by patch budding was given in the Agricultural News, \o\. Ill, p. iS'-i. In order to facilitate experi- ments in shield budding by those who are interested in the subject, the following information has been taken from the bulletin to which reference is made: — The proposed method is new only in its modifications and in its application to the mango. It is merely shield budding with an inverted T adapted to the peculiarities of the mango. Shield budding is probably one of the oldest, and certainly the most widely practised, of all methods of budding. Ordinary shield budding had been tried on the mango long ago, following the general practice in the selection of bud-wood and stock that governs in the shield budding of citrus fruits, peach, or plum. In this case J'oung bud-wood was used with the leaf still attached, and it was inserted in young ?wood. It soon became apparent, however, that this method would not work successfully, and it was abandoned, giving place to the patch bud, which was practised with more mature bud-wood and stock. The present method consists in using wood of the same maturity as in patch budding, but adopts the similar device for bringing the bud shield into contact with the stock, and may be known as shield budding ?with an inverted T incision. THE .STOCK. Budding by this method has been success- fully performed on stocks from an inch to 3 inches in diameter. What the limitations are, on either side of these dimensions, is not known at present. Wood of this size, in see
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