The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-04
BUDDING.
some Familiar and Interesting sugces-
tions with Respect 20 the Practice.


some Familiar and Interesting sugces-
tions with Respect 20 the Practice.
There are two re iuircments which
make budding easy and successful and
any person may learn the operation in
five minutes if he is handy with tools.
These two indispensable requirements
are thrifty ock from which the bark
will lift or peel quite freely, and suffi-
GENTLY ripened buds. The most adroit
and ingenious man in the world can not
make bud live on a stock which is not
growing freely, and from which the
bark does not freely separate. Some
years ago we examined nursery rows .
few weeks after the young trees had
been buided. Most Of the trees had
taken successfully. A few, here and
there, had three buds inserted, and
these Were all dead. The bark on the
stocks not lifting freely, the builder had
set these buds to make the matter sure,
but he did not succeed under dry adj
herring bark. The operator must watch
the trees, an bud them when in the
right condition. which usually varies in
tfhtt VIII atitltuA - nus VI llull. AOltt-
monty the cherry must be budded first,
- II ceases growing earlier in the sea-
son than other trees. As soon as the
shoots on the stocks begin to show that
their terminal buds are forming. and that
growth will soon cease or become less
vigorous, no time IL 10 be lost And the
work can not be done much earlier, as
the buds will not have sufficiently rip
ened. There should be enough wood
cut off with the bud TO make il insert
firmly. and no more Using q sharp
knife j. Of course necessary. and the
ligature must be drawn Just tight
enough 10 bring the face of the inserted
bud in close contact with the wood oi
the stock. but not cutting in nor bruis-
ing it. Any person with a fair amount
OF common sense will know Just how
tight TO draw il.
Sometimes cherry stocks will con
tinue TO grow some weeks later than
the average. and. in this case they may
be budded correspondingiy later. The
usual time for budding the cherry Is
about the middle or last half of July,
hut with rank growing stocks we have
succeeded near the end 81 August The
plum usually requires nearly as early
budding as the cherry: the apple and
the pear may be buddcd later, varying
with the time that free growth ceases.
Last Of all, and frequently during the
first half Of September. the operation is
performed on the peach, and with the
pear on ounce. But II the growth Is |
not free, or the soil not rich enough to |
keep up strong growth. the work must
be done on the peach and ounce in Au
gust
Success depends on the ripeness Of
the buds. When they are not fully
mature. as often with the first budded |
cherries. il Is advisable TO cut little |
deeper into the scion. so as to cut out a |
thicker slice of wood. In cutting scions
from the tree the variety OF which we
wish TO prop agate, select those shoots
which arc the ripcst or most mature. Ii |
they have formed terminal bud, all |
the buds they furnish will be sufficient
AZ mature; but II the terminal bud is
not formed. then the ripest only are TO
be chosen from the lower half Of the
shoot II often happens that the lower
shoots on the tree from which they are
cut are ripcst. having ceased growth,
when the central and upper shoots are
still pushing upward.
Budding need not be confined TO
fruits. The same requirements will APP
ply to ornamental trees and shrubs, and
the same success will attend the opera
lion II performed with varieties of the
same species. Or between different
species which arc nearly allied. C0wn-
tru Gentleman.