. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. FiG. 64. Fig. 6s. Fig. 66. Fig. 68. Successive Stages of Budding. FIG. 6g. vantageously when this portion of wood is too old or hard ta fix the stock readily. The edges of the bark, at the incision in the stock, are then raised a little. Fig. 66, and the bud held as shown in Fig. 67, pushed down- ward under the bark, Fig. 68 and Fig. 70. A bandage of raffia bass, or other substance, is wrapped round, covering all parts but the bud. The pressure should
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. FiG. 64. Fig. 6s. Fig. 66. Fig. 68. Successive Stages of Budding. FIG. 6g. vantageously when this portion of wood is too old or hard ta fix the stock readily. The edges of the bark, at the incision in the stock, are then raised a little. Fig. 66, and the bud held as shown in Fig. 67, pushed down- ward under the bark, Fig. 68 and Fig. 70. A bandage of raffia bass, or other substance, is wrapped round, covering all parts but the bud. The pressure should be just sufficient to keep the inserted por- tion closely to the stock, but not such as to bruise or crush the bark, Fig. 69 and Fig. 71. The shoots containing the buds should be cut when so mature as to be rather firm and hard in texture; they are usually in the best condi-. tion after the terminal bud has formed. To prevent 'withering, the leaves must be immediately cut off, as they withdraw and exhale rapidly the moisture from the shoot; about one-quarter of an inch of the footstalks of the leaves should remain, to serve as handles. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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