. Pear culture for profit. Pears. 110 HOW TO FASTKK A BUD. them between his lips, thus leaving both hands free to use the budding knife. The incision in the stock is made in the form of a T, the bark is separated by pushing down the ivory part of the knife, opening both sides of the cut at once. This I find an im- provement on the old fashioned knife, which requires two movements to do what can be done in one with the knife as seen in Fig. 11. The part of the bud that projects above the cross incision can be cut off. The bud is then fastened by wrapping around the stock above and below the eye
. Pear culture for profit. Pears. 110 HOW TO FASTKK A BUD. them between his lips, thus leaving both hands free to use the budding knife. The incision in the stock is made in the form of a T, the bark is separated by pushing down the ivory part of the knife, opening both sides of the cut at once. This I find an im- provement on the old fashioned knife, which requires two movements to do what can be done in one with the knife as seen in Fig. 11. The part of the bud that projects above the cross incision can be cut off. The bud is then fastened by wrapping around the stock above and below the eye a narrow band of bass matting. In the orchard, on large trees, to change the variety, I have, instead of grafting, frequently inserted, during the month of August, scions three inches long. The scion is beveled on one side and pressed into an incision made in the branch (Fig. 18), and fastened the same as in bud- ding. It might be termed sum- mer grafting. In the following February or March, in case the ^j^^ i^^. 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 Quinn, Patrick T. New York, The Tribune association
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