. Agriculture for southern schools. ch long, leaving a part of the leaf stem for use as ahandle. This is the way in which peach and most otherfruit trees are increased. Budding is usually done in summer while the plantsare in active serve as stock forbudding, an apple treemay be about two yearsold, but a peach seed-hng can be budded inits first year of slits in the shapeof a T are cut in thestock, as shown in The bark belowthe cross slit is gentlylifted and the bud placedunder these two flaps ofbark, and tied in a few weeks, whenthe bud has united withthe
. Agriculture for southern schools. ch long, leaving a part of the leaf stem for use as ahandle. This is the way in which peach and most otherfruit trees are increased. Budding is usually done in summer while the plantsare in active serve as stock forbudding, an apple treemay be about two yearsold, but a peach seed-hng can be budded inits first year of slits in the shapeof a T are cut in thestock, as shown in The bark belowthe cross slit is gentlylifted and the bud placedunder these two flaps ofbark, and tied in a few weeks, whenthe bud has united withthe stock, the stringsshould be cut. Next spring the top of the stock abovethe inserted bud should be cut off, so as to let the insertedbud become the leading branch of the tree. Fig. 35shows the budding of trees in the nursery row. Exercise. — Practice grafting short pieces of twigs of plum, persim-inon. apple, or other trees and shrubs. Then graft a twig of any ofthese, that have dropped their leaves, on a slender shoot of the same. Fig. 35. —T\ixc. the Buds after Buddixg HOW PLANTS ARE PROPAGATED 45 kind. See who can cause the greatest percentage of the grafts to warm weather practice budding on any of these plants. Graftingwax may be made by melting together 5 parts of resin, 2\ of beeswax,and I of tallow. When heated, pour the mixture into cold water, greaseyour hands, and pull it as you would pull molasses candy. Teachers Note.— Crosbys Exercises Nos. 17,18,19,20,21,22, and23 treat the subjects of this section in much more detail than is possiblehere. After the pupils have practiced on detached twigs, they maygraft on standing plants, provided it is in winter. If no fruit trees orroses can be risked, they may at first practice in grafting wild cherry,wild plums, and others. After growth has been going on long enoughfor the bark to slip well, budding of wild cherries, peaches, etc., maybe attempted.
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