. The American fruit culturist. l side-shoots which are not more than an inch ortwo long, may be successfully used in thisway, as the terminal eyes are stronger thanany of the others. This practice may some-times be adopted with advantage with thepeach, where scions of feeble growth onlycan be obtained, as terminal buds usuallyescape the severity of winter when mostof the others are budding is successfully practised as soon as treesare in leaf, the buds having been kept dormant in an ice-houseor cool cellar. As soon as they have adhered, the stock isheaded down, and a good gro
. The American fruit culturist. l side-shoots which are not more than an inch ortwo long, may be successfully used in thisway, as the terminal eyes are stronger thanany of the others. This practice may some-times be adopted with advantage with thepeach, where scions of feeble growth onlycan be obtained, as terminal buds usuallyescape the severity of winter when mostof the others are budding is successfully practised as soon as treesare in leaf, the buds having been kept dormant in an ice-houseor cool cellar. As soon as they have adhered, the stock isheaded down, and a good growth is made the same peach, the nectarine, the apricot, and the mulberry, alldifficult to propagate by grafting, may in this way be easilyincreased by budding. For a description what is called Junebudding see chapter xxviii. on the peach. If the buds are keptin a cellar, it will be found important to preserve with themas uniform a degree of moisture as possible, and in as smalla degree as will keep them from Fig. 74—TerminalBudding.
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