. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 44 PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. The essential requisites for success in budding, are first, a thrifty, rapidly growing stock, so that the bark will peel very freely. Secondly, a proper time ; not too early, when there is little cambium, or mucilaginous cement between the bark and the wood, for the adhesion of the bud,—nor too late, when the bark will
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 44 PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. The essential requisites for success in budding, are first, a thrifty, rapidly growing stock, so that the bark will peel very freely. Secondly, a proper time ; not too early, when there is little cambium, or mucilaginous cement between the bark and the wood, for the adhesion of the bud,—nor too late, when the bark will not peel freely, nor the subse- quent growth sufficiently cement the bud to the stock. Thirdly, buds sufficiently mature. Fourthly, a keen flat knife, for shaving off the bud, that it may lie close in con- tact upon the wood of the stock. Fifthly, the application of a ligature with moderate pressure, causing the bud to fit the stock closely. Various modifications have been proposed for the improvement of budding. One is to make the cross-cut at the bottom of the long slit instead of at the top, as the latter is sup- posed to impede the descent of nourishment. Another is, to raise the bark all on one side of the slit, making a small notch in its edge for the bud, this mode being supposed to avoid the bad consequences of the muti- , lation of the wood by the knife. But these modes are both inconvenient, and are found to possess no advantage in practice; the supposed evils they are intended to obviate being too small to take into account. Making a square cut from the upper end of the bark of the inserted bud, so that it may fit in close contact with the bark of the stock a) _jsv>/3 AyV^sw- the horizontal incision, to receive the re- Fig-- 32. turning sap, though strongly recommended, has been found of no utility in practice, as the union takes place wholly between the two faces in contact. The English practice of taking out the small portion of wood cut from the shoot, has b
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