. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . case of the apple, young plants are raised fromseeds which are secured mostly from cider fac-tories, without reference to the variety fromwhich they came. When the seedlings havegrown to a certain age, they are budded orgrafted, the grafted part making the entire topof the tree; and the top bears fruit like that ofthe tree from which the cions were taken. There are many ways in which the union be-tween cion and stock is made. Budding maybe first discussed. It
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . case of the apple, young plants are raised fromseeds which are secured mostly from cider fac-tories, without reference to the variety fromwhich they came. When the seedlings havegrown to a certain age, they are budded orgrafted, the grafted part making the entire topof the tree; and the top bears fruit like that ofthe tree from which the cions were taken. There are many ways in which the union be-tween cion and stock is made. Budding maybe first discussed. It consists in inserting abud underneath the bark of the stock, and thecommonest practice is that which is shown inthe illustrations. Budding is mostly performedin July, August, and early September, when thebark is still loose or in condition to peel. Twigsare cut from the tree which it is desired to prop- 174 Budding agate, and the buds are cut off with a sharpThe bud; knife, a shield-shaped bit of bark (with possibly torecX^ a little wood) bein§ l^t with them (Fig. 174).the bud tied! The bud is then shoved into a slit made in the. THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS 153 stock, and it is held in place by tying with a soft strand. In twoor three weeks the bud will have stuck (that is, it will havegrown fast to the stock), and the strand is cut to prevent itsstrangling the stock. Ordinarily the bud does not grow untilthe following spring, at which time the entire stock or branchin which the bud is inserted is cut off an inch above the bud;and the bud thereby receives all the energy of the stock. Bud-ding is the commonest grafting operation in nurseries. Seedsof peaches may be sown in spring, and the plants which resultwill be ready for budding that same August. Thefollowing spring, or a year from the planting of theseed, the stock is cut off just above the bud (whichis inserted near the ground), and in the fall of thatyear the tree is ready for sale; that is, the top is oneseason old and
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