Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-03-18
Budding Peach trees.


| was first instructed in the old plan
known ms the 4 cut, a slow and din
cult operation to perform. Many OF
thc buds die fom the bark being
bruised in getting up the corners to
insert the buds, and the drying of the
bark cause the bud todie. Near for
~ years since / budded over two
thousand trees in that way, and more
than half died. In finishing the last
few rows / was tired and commenced
sighting my work, as | thought, but
the result proved II great success,
making II discovery that / never
would have found out. Any intelli-
gent person can learn in ten minutes.
Ifa few evenings were devoted TO such
instructions in our district schools
throughout the State, at the proper
season of the year, the young men
and boys could instruct Others, and in
q few years we would have but few
inferior trees in the whole State.
Your correspondent, Il. NJ. Wood
all, wishes some of your numerous
readers to give the following infurma-
ton: The cause of failure in budded
peach.trees when the common seed
ling may be found in full bearing,
Some of the causes: First, the large
aud finer peach has but few blooms
IN passing such a tree in bloom il
would hardly he noticed, while the
Seeding may be see n mile, with
five times as many blooms as the
finer or budded tree. The time fol
budding is August and September
The new growth of the limb is then
sufficiently matured to bud. Thai
portion of the limb that bloomed tho
previous spring will never bloom
again. The new growth of last sum
mcr will bloom the following spring
The sod should be drilled, three and
half feet in the row, n foot in tn,
drill. The bottom limbs should h,
trimmed oil close, when two month
old. BY the middle of August the,
will be about three feet high. Gu
the slips from the best fruit, placing
the cut ends in water. Have bees
wax, cut thin, and made warm by til,
sun or otherwise; n sharp knife o
medium size, and Il ball of woolel
thread. The bud should he above tn
ground. Place the knife immediate
~ above n leaf, cutting square acros
titt wee bbWll W NIlt NOOti tlti Jui
the knife back down, cutting up t.
first cut, removing the leaf; then Gu
the bud'in the same way, cuttin!
close above the bud and turn the knit
as before, making the bud abOu
three-eighths ofan inch in length; di
it in water, placing the bud on til
first cut, making II close fit atthe TOP
which is easy done, rs it makes bu
little difference nj out the lower q
thin end of the bud then put tn
wax closely around the wood, so as t
exclude the air, letting the wax eX
tend above the top of the bud the
n few rounds of thread to hold all tn
parts together. If the bud should di
it will dry up, and another should /
inserted rs above.
In the spring, when the buds begi
TO swell, cut of the whole to abol
two inches above the bud inserted
Keep all sprouts off, and by the mex
fall the bud will have made II tree {
large as if it had not been cut.
My reason for inserting the bu
where n leaf had grown is, that | m
ticcd when pruning my trees Il
sprouts would be thrown out at I'll
edge of the wound, and grow thr,
feet in one year, when the growth
the other limbs would he but a fe
inches. The sap that flows to suppo
the leaf will give immediate nourisl
ment To the bud Union ana 1BieI
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