Elementary principles of agriculture Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools . elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 Propagation of Plants 137 200. Care of Buds and Grafts. There are many special ways of budding and grafting. All depend on the prop- erty of callus-tissue of two different plants to form a close living union. In making the cuts, nothing but the sharpest of knives should be used. Dull knives produce such mutilation that the cambium does not grow out and form the callus-tissue promptly, and, as a result, the graft or bud fails 'to take.' The dormant
Elementary principles of agriculture Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools . elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 Propagation of Plants 137 200. Care of Buds and Grafts. There are many special ways of budding and grafting. All depend on the prop- erty of callus-tissue of two different plants to form a close living union. In making the cuts, nothing but the sharpest of knives should be used. Dull knives produce such mutilation that the cambium does not grow out and form the callus-tissue promptly, and, as a result, the graft or bud fails 'to take.' The dormant buds on the stock are inclined to form vigorous-growing sprouts, but should be rubbed off as explained in ^ 197. 201. Transplanting Nursery Trees. Nursery trees, whether propagated from seeds, cuttings, buds, or grafts, are removed from the nursery rows and trans- t 111 imr>ei.\' row.
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