. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1887. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 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 wit
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1887. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 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. it may prove both interesting and pro- fitable to practical horticulturists. This department is intended as an open 07ie to every reader of the "Horticulturist" to send in either questions or answers. Often a reader will be able to answer a question tvhich has been left unanswered, or only partially answered by us. For connenicnce of reference the questions are numbered, and any one replying or referring to any question will please mention the number of it. 55. Tomatoes.—As many of my fHends are contemplating going rather largely into toTnato growing for the Canning companies, could you kindly state the kind of soil suitable ; also the best arti- ficial mamire and the best variety to grow. [D. Berwick, Hamilton.] The best soil for the tomato is a light sandy
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