Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-03-16
rRANspIANT1NG, BUDDING, AND GRATING


In the agricultural department Of the
Patent Office for lS50-5l, is large amount
of practical information. Gershom vii.
born, of Essex county, Mass, commune
Gates the following upon Transplalting,
Budding and Grating.
TRAIspLANr1HC-La to be set with
fruit trees should be plowed in the Fall, or
very early in the Spring; itshould be plowed
very deep or subsoiled. When the ground
is quite ready, get your trees. and set them
the same day if you can never buy trees
that have been dug over wiuter, and lain
by the heel" nor plant so late in the season
rs when the leaves have started trees of
this kind may live, but you loose the growth
of them that season, whereas by the right
kind of management, transplanting will
hardly put them back at ALL | have often
planted trees which grew four feet the first
year. Holes should be dug of sufficient
depth and width o.extend the roots to their
original capacity When the trees are placed
in the holes, spread out the lower roots, and
cover them with fine earth, as also all the
rest in like manner; get the roots into the
earth so that they will stand interspersed, in
regular system, with the soil, as the roots of
a growing tree always do. The practice Of
thrustng thero of tree all in a heap,
then pi,ing on hard earth, manure, &C., and
stamping it down hard is sometimes success
full, but no scientific cultivator would re-
commend it. AS trees are set, the gronnd
be stirred around them while the heat Of the
season lasts, so often as once in two or three
weeks; and if great drought should prevail,
they should be occasionally watcrcd; this
should be done by making holes with 4
stick among the roots, and then pour on Il
pail of water.
BUDD1NG.-Apple trees, and all others,
except pums and cherries, should be bud
: ded in the latter part Of July or first Of Au-
gust; they should be put in so late that they
they will not grow the same season. The
plan of operation is to select a shoot of the
present season, with good buds, and cut off
each leaf within halt an inch Of the leaf
stalk, then hold the shoot in the left hand,
aud the knife in the right; the lower part of
the blade is placed on the shoot about half
an inch above the bud-the thumb of the
right hand rests on the shoot at the lower
extremity Of the bark to he removed with
the bud; the knife is then drawn towards
YOU, parallel with the shoot, smooth and lev.
el, so that the bark and a portion of the
wood will be taken oh.-I'he stock to he
budded should be of the present years
growth-a Il should be made in the bark
with the knife, and the bark raised with some
convenient instrument; the bud is then in.
serted, and the bark is brought back and
tied over the bud, letting the leaf stalk pro.
icct out of the stem in the bark.
GRArr1Nc.-G rafting is performed in the
Spring. The last of March is the proper
time for plums and cherries; and April for
all others.-ln grating, thrifty young stocks
should be preferred operation is SIM
pie, and consists in cutting off the stock at
The point where we wish to insert the scion,
and splitting the stock down the centre; the
scion is cut at its lower end in the form of
Il wedge, and, ahd inserted liz split in the
stalk the outside bark Of the scion should
fit nicely the bark on the scion. A salve
made of pound beeswax, 6 of ro<in, mel
ted with one pint linsced oil, is then used to
cover the seams made in the operation, SO
as to render the whole ar.tight; the salve
should be looked to occasionally, and kept
smooth and tight on the seams, for it some
times gets open and let's in the air, which
will destroy the scion. Scions should be
of the last years growth, and have upon
each two or three buds.