. American pomology : Apples. Apples. PKOPAGATION. Ill scion by the same knife, which is entered half an inch above the bud, and drawn downward about one-third the diameter of the scion, and brought out an equal distance below the bud; this makes the shield, or bud. The authorities direct that the wood should be removed from the shield before it is inserted; this is a nice operation, requiring some dexterity to avoid injuring the base of the bud, which constitutes its connection with the medulla or pith within the stick. The base of the bud is represented by 5, figure 17. Various appliances ha
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. PKOPAGATION. Ill scion by the same knife, which is entered half an inch above the bud, and drawn downward about one-third the diameter of the scion, and brought out an equal distance below the bud; this makes the shield, or bud. The authorities direct that the wood should be removed from the shield before it is inserted; this is a nice operation, requiring some dexterity to avoid injuring the base of the bud, which constitutes its connection with the medulla or pith within the stick. The base of the bud is represented by 5, figure 17. Various appliances have been in- vented to aid in this separation, some use a piece of quill, others a kind of gouge; but if the bark run freely on the scion, there will be Mttle difficulty in separating the wood from the shield with the fingers alone. All this may be avoided by adopting what is call- ed the American method of bud- ding, which consists in leaving the wood in the shield, (fig. 18, h) that should be cut thinner, and is then inserted beneath the bark without any difficulty, and may be made to fit closely enough for all practical purposes. Like ev- erything else American, this is a time-saving and labor- saving plan, and therefore readily adopted by the prac- tical nurseryman, who will insert two thousand in a day. A division of labor is had generally, so far as the. Fig. 18.—AMERICAN BUD- DING. &, THE BUD WITH THE WOOD 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 Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and company
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