. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. g6 GRAFT AGE. ber. In the southern states it usually begins in June. As a rule, apples and pears are budded earlier in the season than peaches are. This is due to the fact that peach stocks are nearly always budded the same season the pits are planted, and the operation must be de- layed until the stocks are large enough to be worked. Most fruit-stocks, especially apples and pears, are not budded until two years after the seeds are sown. The plants grow for the first season in a seed-bed. The
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. g6 GRAFT AGE. ber. In the southern states it usually begins in June. As a rule, apples and pears are budded earlier in the season than peaches are. This is due to the fact that peach stocks are nearly always budded the same season the pits are planted, and the operation must be de- layed until the stocks are large enough to be worked. Most fruit-stocks, especially apples and pears, are not budded until two years after the seeds are sown. The plants grow for the first season in a seed-bed. The next spring they are transplanted into nursery rows, and budded when they become large enough, which is usually the same year they are transplanted. The nurseryman reckons the age of his stock from the time of transplanting, and the age of the marketable tree from the time when the buds or grafts begin to grow. Stocks are sometimes "dressed" or trimmed before being set into the nursery. This operation consists in cutting off a fourth or third of the top, and the tap root. This causes the roots to spread and induces a vig- orous growth of top, because it reduces the number of shoots ; and such stocks are more expeditiously handled than long and untrimmed ones. A Manetti rose stock, dressed and ready for planting, is shown in Fig. 85. This stock was grown in France, and upon being received in this country was trimmed as it is now seen. It will now (in the spring) be set in the nursery row, and it will be budded near the surface of the ground in the summer. ^ Dressed rose Stocks should be at least three-eighths inch â 5''"^* (x!i)- in diameter to be budded with ease. Just before the buds are set, the leaves are removed from the base of the stock, so that they will not interfere with the operation. They are usually rubbed off with the hand for a space of five or six inches above the ground. They should not be removed more than two or three days in advance of buddin
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