Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-09
or desire for the freedom Of their native
plains. They arc thoroughly docilea and
remain so for life after being once fairly
conquered.
budding,

budding.
A few weeks ago VIC gave general d.
rections to be followed to insure sue
cess in cleft grating. The season hay
ing now advanced too far to allow of
that method of improving orchards, VIC
will give the simple instructions and
suggl stions in regard to building by
which the farmer may improve his
fruits and pnt his trees in condition
to yield choice apples, peaches, pears,
aud the like. The process of changing
the top of Il tree is slower by budding
than by grating, but it is full rs salts
factory when it has been accomplished.
Budding consists i'll separating n bud
with \ portion of the bark attached
from \ shoot of the current seasons
growth Of one tree and inserting it
under the bark of another tree of tho
same variety. 1t is usually performed
on young trees from to 5 years old,
and may be done ut any time during the
growing season from tho LIST of July to
the middle of September, the time
being varied by the condition of the
tree to be operated upon. If it has ac-
complishcd its seasons growth early in
the summer, the buds may be set early,
but if its growth is not perfected until
the autumn, the bud should be set later
i'll the season.
The bud to be set must be perfectly
developed in the axis of the leaf on the
young shoot from which it is taken, and
this is not usually the case until the
shoot has ceased to lcngthen and has
developed it's terminal bud. If. how
ever, buds are wanted before this stage
Of development has been reached in the
shoot, they may be developed by pluck
ing off the top of the shoots, and the
buds will be ready for setting in week
or ten days.
The bark of the limb to be budded
must easily cleave from the wood, which
is tho case with growing and thrifty
trees. Trees that complete their growth
early in the season should be looked
after, and the buds set before tho
growth has ceased. It will he seen that
the buds must DO taken from shoots
that have completed their growth, and
placed upon trees while that process is
still going on.
The shoots, after being cut, should
have the leaves stripped off, leaving
half Of the leaf stalk with which to
handle the bud. When a large num-
Der Of shoots are cut ut once, they
should be wrapped in a damp cloth as
soon as they are cut, and in this wav
they may be preserved in good condi-
ton for two weeks if kept in cool
place. In cutting the bud from the
stock the knife should be placed at
least half IN inch above the bud and
with drawing cut remove the bud and
bark to a point three quarters of an
inch below the bud. The cut is to be
made deep enough to take section of
the wood with the bark. The wood
may or may not be taken from the bud
If it adheres firmly it may be allowed
to remain, but If it parts freely it may
be taken out-in no event should the
root of the bud be disturbed, for if 1t
is the bud will not grow. The root of
the bud is small portion of wood in
the hollow part of the inside of the bud.
Tho bud is to be set Oh q smooth limb
at point where there are no branches.
Select such place, and made cut on
it like block letter ] with the point
Of the knife carefully like the edges of
the bark that is cut perpendicularly
and insert the bud in this cleft. The
top end of the bud is to be cut off
square to fit the horizontal cut in the
bark in which it is set. Then take
some soft bandages-those made from
the inner bark of the Eastwood are the
best-and wind the stock tightly, be.
ginning at the bottom of the incision,
leaving only the bud and leaf stock
exposed, and the labor is done.
The success of the operation depends
mainly Oh the perfectness with which
the bud fits the stock on which it is set
and the security of the tying or band
aging, so as to exclude air and water.
| The great difficulty experienced by
beginners is the removal of the bud
from the shoot. If it is so nicely done
that none of the wood is taken with it,
the operation will rarely fail. But ii
rarely happens that SO close cut Car
be made, and the extracting the wood
from tbs bud is often fatal to it's life.
A little practice will make the student
successful in this, as in an mechanical
operations in the orchard, rs we'll as OF
the farm.