. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. BUDDINO. 21 render them soft and pliable, (or in the absence of these soire soft woollen yarn,) must also be at hand for tying the buds. Shield or T budding is the most approved mode in all countries. * A new variety of this method now generally practised in this country we shall describe first as being the simplest and best mode f
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. BUDDINO. 21 render them soft and pliable, (or in the absence of these soire soft woollen yarn,) must also be at hand for tying the buds. Shield or T budding is the most approved mode in all countries. * A new variety of this method now generally practised in this country we shall describe first as being the simplest and best mode for fruit trees. American shield budding. Having your stick of buds ready, choose a smooth portion .of the stock. When the latter is small, let it be near the ground, and, if equally convenient, select also the north side of the stock, as less exposed to the sun. Make an upright incision in the bark from an inch to an inch and a half long, and at the top of this make a cross cut, so that the whole shall form a T. Trom the stick of buds, your knife being very sharp, cut a thin, smooth slice of wood and bark containing a bud. Kg. 9, a. "With the ivory haft of your bud- ding knife, now raise the bark on each side of the incision just wide enough to admit easily the pre- pared bud. Taking hold of the footstalk of the leaf, insert the bud under the bark, pushing it gently j^g_ g. ^ down ,to the bottom of the incision. If the upper sUcUofbttd». portion of the bud projects above the horizontal part of the T, cut it smoothly off now, so that it may completely fit, h. A bandage of the soft I* matting is now?..tied pretty firmly over the whole wound. Fig. 10, commencing at the bottom, and leaving the bud, and the foofetalk of the leaf only exposed to the light and air. _ _ â Commm, shield huddln^Yig. 11, practised in all gardens in Europe, differs from the foregoing only in one respectâthe removal of the slice of wood contained in the This is taken out with the point of th
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