. Field, forest and farm; things interesting to young nature-lovers, including some matters of moment to gardeners and fruit-growers. Natural history; Agriculture. GRAFTING 199 is called an active bud or a dormant bud. In the first case the grafting is done in the spring, when nature is awaking from her winter's sleep, so that the eye or bud implanted in the stock coalesces with it and very soon develops into a young shoot. In the second instance the bud is set in place some. , Budding time in July- or August, at the period of the au- tumnal sap, so that it lies dormant or, in other words, rem
. Field, forest and farm; things interesting to young nature-lovers, including some matters of moment to gardeners and fruit-growers. Natural history; Agriculture. GRAFTING 199 is called an active bud or a dormant bud. In the first case the grafting is done in the spring, when nature is awaking from her winter's sleep, so that the eye or bud implanted in the stock coalesces with it and very soon develops into a young shoot. In the second instance the bud is set in place some. , Budding time in July- or August, at the period of the au- tumnal sap, so that it lies dormant or, in other words, remains stationary during the following autumn and winter, after uniting with the stock. "The implement here required is the grafting- knife, furnished at one end with a very sharp blade, arid at the other with a short spatula of bone or very hard wood. The first thing to do is to remove the bud to be transplanted. On a branch in which the sap is working we make with the grafting-knife a. 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 Fabre, Jean-Henri, 1823-1915; Bicknell, Florence Constable, tr. New York, The Century Co.
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