. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 44 PROPAGATION. tree, the new shoot, when a few inches long, is sometimes tied to the remaining stump of the stock. Fig. 73. By another month, no further support will be needed, and the stump may be wholly cut away, and the wound allowed to heal by the rapid formation of new wood. Buds inserted by midsummer may be made to grow the same season by heading down the stock when adhesion has taken place; but although often attempted, no advantage has result
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 44 PROPAGATION. tree, the new shoot, when a few inches long, is sometimes tied to the remaining stump of the stock. Fig. 73. By another month, no further support will be needed, and the stump may be wholly cut away, and the wound allowed to heal by the rapid formation of new wood. Buds inserted by midsummer may be made to grow the same season by heading down the stock when adhesion has taken place; but although often attempted, no advantage has resulted from this practice, as the growth is comparatively feeble, and in consequence of its badly matured wood often perishes the following winter. Even where it escapes it does not exceed in size at the close of the. second season the straight and vigorous shoots of the spring. Terminal Budding.—It sometimes happens, where buds are scarce, that the terminal bud on the shoot may be used to ad- vantage. In this case, the wood is cut slop- ing downward, and the insertion is made as usual. Fig. 74, except that it becomes nec- essary to apply the whole of the ligature below the bud. The buds on small side- shoots which are not more than an inch or two long, may be successfully used in this way, as the terminal eyes are stronger than any of the others. This practice may some- times be adopted with advantage with the peach, where scions of feeble growth only can be obtained, as terminal buds usually escape the severity of winter when most of the others are destroyed. Spring budding is successfully practised as soon as trees are in leaf, the buds having been kept dormant in an ice-house or cool cellar. As soon as they have adhered, the stock is headed down, and a good growth is made the same season. The peach, the nectarine, the apricot, and the mulberry, all difficult to propagate by grafting, may in this way be easily increased by budding. For a description what is called " June
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