. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1887. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 189 inserting buds in these young thrifty sprouts. First cut a fresh shoot, of this son's growth, from the kind of tree you desire to have, with well de- veloped buds. Trim off' all the leaves, leaving ^ r about a half inch of V^ the petioles as a handle for each bud, as in Fig. 1. Then Fio. 1. with a keen-edged bud- ding knife remove the buds quired,J taking care to cut as little of the wood as possible. Then make a T sha})ed cut in the stock quite through to the wood, as is show
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1887. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 189 inserting buds in these young thrifty sprouts. First cut a fresh shoot, of this son's growth, from the kind of tree you desire to have, with well de- veloped buds. Trim off' all the leaves, leaving ^ r about a half inch of V^ the petioles as a handle for each bud, as in Fig. 1. Then Fio. 1. with a keen-edged bud- ding knife remove the buds quired,J taking care to cut as little of the wood as possible. Then make a T sha})ed cut in the stock quite through to the wood, as is shown in Fig. 2, insert the bud from the to}) downward, slipping it neatly into its place as in Fig. 3. Then tie snugly with bass bark, Fig. 2. Fio. 3. Kio. 4. or yarn, as shown in Fig. 4. Plums and pears (on pear stocks) should be budded in July, while peaches ai-e budded during the first half of Sep- tember. These latter may be workril with greater ease and success than any other tree, providing always tlio stalk is the current season's gi'owth from the peach pit. About a fortnight after budding the bandages should be loosened, and then left until the following spring, when, if the bud is alive, the stock should be cut off about an inch above the bud. This is the whole secret, and we give it to our readers hoping the practice of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. Catharines, E. S. Leavenworth
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