Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-02-05
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divided for consideration, as follows:
|. Time for Buddiag.---2. PrPara,
lion of de Stocks - Insertion Beas.
"A. Untyiag.
LIST. The time for budding each spe-
cies or class of fruits depends upon its
habits of growth. Such as cease to grow
early in the season, must be budded
early, because it can only be done while
the stocks are in free, growing state,
full of SAP, Such as grow until late in
the autumn, must be budded late, other.
wise the new layers Of wood formed aft
err the the insertion of the bud, would
grow over and destroy it, or the bud
would be forced into premature growth
towards sntump, which in fruit trees
should always be avoided. The common
sorts of plum terminate their growth
early 10 the season. aud are therefore
budded early, whether WITH p'ums,
peaches, or apricots, at Rochester usu-
ally about tue last Of July, or beginning
Of August The native or Conada
plum, and the cherry or myrobaiap,
grow freely late in the fall, and may BE-
budded in the latter end of August, or
beginning of September Pears on
pear stocks are usually budded here in
July, in anticipation of the leaf blight
which stops their growth when it at
tacks them. Where no such thing as
,his is appreheuded, they should not be
budded before the middle of August, as
the buds are DOT generally mature till
that time. Apples on free stocks, and
on the paradise and Doueian, may be
budded as soou as the buds are mature,
which is usually, here, about the first
to the middle Of August. Cherries on
free mdszard stochs--as soon as buds
are ripe here, about the first of August
Pears on ounce, and cherries on ntaha.
leb, not before the first of September,
and from that to the middle of the
month, as the ounce and maHaleb grow
late, aud especially the latter Peach
stocks should always be bpdded the same
season the seeds are planted, and as
they grow rapidly until very late, are
not usually budded till about the mid
die of September. The budding period
varies in different seasons. In dry,
warm season, the young wood natures
earlier, and sloeks cease to grow sooner,
and are. therefore, budded earlier than
in cool, moist season, that prolongs
The growth of the stocks, and retards
abe maturity Of the buds. STOCKS grow
ing feebly require to be budded earlier
than those growing freely. 1t is
necessary to keep an eye TO all these
points
The destruction of insects must be
promptly attended to- An army Of
.slugs may deyour the foliage of the
pear and cherry, and even the plum in
day or two, and prevent their being
worked that season. The dphis, too,
frequently appears in such mutitudes
as TO check the growth. Dry lime or
ashes thrown on the slugs will kill them,
aud strong soap suds, or tobacco water,
so strong as to assume the color Of strong
beer, will kill the aphis.
I'd. Preparation 81 ME Stocks. This
consists in removing such lateral shoots
FROM the stocks as may be likely to OBJ,
struct the insertion of the bud. Our
practice Is to do this at the moment of
budding, one person doing the work in
advance of the builders. If done few
DAYS previous, aud several shoots are re-
moved, it checks the growth of the
stocks, and they do MT work so we'll,
1t might answer very well to do il two
or three weeks previous, So that they
might recover from the check before
being budded.
Sd. hseniQa Of The Bgd,-.lIaviDg
treated so fully Of the manD"r of pre-
pairing and inserting the buds in the
article ON budding, nothing farther
need be said on these points here.
In free stocks the bud should be
inserted within there or fops inches Of
the ground.
In some parts of the west, Wisconsin,
Illinois, and some other places, certain
rapid, late-growing, and rather tender
varieties are liable to be winler-killed
if budded close to toe ground, proba-
bly, by the sudden thswing of that part
caused by the refyaclion Of heat from
the ground. In view of such difficulty,
it may be well enough to bud high up,
but, as a general thing, low budding
.LNakes the best trees. All dwarf stocks
should be budded as close to the surface
of the the ground as it is possible, aud
some Of the earth may be removed and
put back when the budding is done
The necessity for this lies in the fact
that all dwarf stocks should be wholly
below the ground when finally planted
out in the garden or orchard,
4th. UnV6g MeB@S in ten days
or fortnight after the buds are inser-
ted. they should be examined, aud such
as have failed may be budded again il
the stocks continue to grow, In some
cases it may be necessary, particularly
with cherries, TO loosen the buds and
tic them over again, as rapid growth
will cause the string to cut she bark
,before the bud has completely united
or iu ft TO be united This seldom oc
ours, however as u general thing, the
strings may be removed in three weeks
to a mouth after the buildings and tho
should never be left ON over the winter
as moisture lodges around them to the