Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-08-10

BUDDING FRUIT TREES
As the season is at hand when
budding is TO be done, if done at
all We call the attention Of our
readersto the subject.
Asa general rule. all kinds OF
fuitcan be propagated by the bud,
great care being taken that the
bud DO put into a tree Of sim
liar kind. In many instances,
good union will be obtained be-
tween a bud and stalk Of every
different kind, as the apple bud
ding on the paradise stalk,--the
pear upon the ounce and thorn
All kinds Of cherry, we believe
work we'll on tho small wild red
variety.
The advantage ofbudding over
grating, in fruit trees, are thus
stated by Downing in his Fruit
and Fruit Trees
The advantages in budding
fruit trees compared with grating,
are LIST, the great rapidity with
which it is done, a skiIfnl builder,
with a clever boy following him to
tie the buds, being able to work
from q thousand TO twelve hum
dred young nursery stocks End,
the more convenient season at
which IL is performed, in all coun-
tries when q short spring crowds
garden labors into a short space;
Sd, being able to perform the OPP
eration without ipjuring the stock
in case Of failure, which is always
more or less tho tho case In stocks
headed down for grating; 4th the
opportunity II affords, when per-
formed in season, ofrepeating the
trial on the same stock; to this
1t may be added that budding is
universally preferred here for all
stone fruits, such as peaches, ap-
roots, &C., which require extra
care in grating but are budded
with great ease.
The process he goes on to des-
cribe rs follows:
"The proper season for bidding
fruit trees, in this country, is from
tho first Of July to the first Of
September; the different trees
coming into season rs follows
Plums, cherries, apricots on plums,
apricots, pears, apples, ounces,
nectarines and peaches. Trees
Of considerable size will require
budding earlier than young seed
ling stocks. But the operation
ID always, and only, performed
when the bark Of the stock parts
or separates freely from the wood,
when the buds Of the current
years growth arc somewhat
plump. and the young wood is
grown firm. Young stocks in the
nursery, if thirty, are usually
planted out in the spring and bud
ded the same summer or autumn.
'Beforecommencingy should
provide yourself with a budding
knife about 4 and IL inches long,
having atone end rounded blade,
and an ivory handle terminating
in a thin rounded edge called the
haft, at the other"
"In choosing yourbuds be care
full in selecting thrifty shoots that
are nearly grown, ana prepare
what is called a stick oil buds, by
cutting of Few of the imperfect
buds at the lower, and such as
may DO yet too soft at the upper
ends, leaving only smooth, well
L
developed single buds; double
ouos being ir"i. pms. Gut Oh u
the leaves, allowing about hall
an lncn OF the ioot-stalks to re-
main Tor conveniently inserting
the bads- Some strands Of bass
mating about IL or ii inches
long previously soaked in water
TO render them solt and pflaole,
Lor in the absence Of these some
SOFT WOODEN Yarn. must be al
hand Tor tying the buds.
Shield OF 1 BUDDING, Is the most
approved mode IN all countries
Anew variety OF this method now