The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-10-15
FARM And GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMERS.
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Neglected Garden
BUDDING FRUIT TREES.

g'he budding of fruit trees is a very
simple process. 1t consists OF placing
the bud of one tree between the bark
and wood of another, tying it tightly
in place, where in a short time it unltes
and afterwards becomes part OF the
tree. Nurserymen and fruit-growers
practice it largely. In fact, all the
apples, pears, cherries, peaches ana
plums sold are raised either by bud
ding or grating. The rare trees OF
ornamental character are, many OF
them. increased in the same way. New
kinds are thus rapidly increased. FLO
ristS bud weak growing plants on
stronger sorts; and in all sorts of ways
budding is useful. Taking the cherry
among fruits as an illustration, the
fruit-grower sows seed this season,
which gives him plants large enough
to set out in rows next spring. Should
these plants grow freely, they are fit
to bud in late summer. The seeding
plants may be anywhere from one TO
two feet high. The bud is inserted
near the ground. The next spring the
seedlings are headed back to just
above the buds The buds then push
into growth and become the trees. IL
the sap Iuns freely, which it must do
or the work cannot be performed, the
bark lifts readily to admit the bud.
Those whose business it is to bud. use
a bone-handled knife. Such one has
handle thin at the end, made so as
10 enter where the cut is made, to lift
up the lark without bruising it. The
Il cut has been found the best for the
purpose. The knife must be sharp.
The bud is to be cut from strong,
/ well-ripened shoot of the same season.
The leaf has been cut off, but the leaf
| is left on, as it assists in the placing of
! the bud i'll position. With the bark
parted as explained, insert the bud by
1 commencing at the upper part of the
cut and gently forcing it into place.
| The bud will have been cut off about
the length of the cuff tr1e smaller
| it wont matter-but it must not be
any longer When inserted it must he
tied tightly in its place to ksep the
parts close together until a ueion is
effected. The joints must be tied to
| fit close to each other and to exclude
moisture. Done at the right season,
but little risk of failure is run. 1t
takes but about a week to know if
union las been made. If successful,
| the leaf stalk which was left on the
| bud will drop clean away from the
| bud when touched, whereas, if unsuc-
cessful, it will not drop, but will with
err up and remain on the bud. In the
course of from four to six weeks the
strings should be cut, as the bark is
fully united by that time, and as the
stock is still growing the string, if I'M
cut, would prevent its expansion. In
commercial places, where great guam
titles of string are used either rat1ia
or bass is used for the purpose. Both
are fthcrs; raffia is from the palm and
bass from the linden. The exact sea-
son for budding depends very much
upon the tree to be operated on. AS n
rule. both the apple and the pear finish
their growth earlier than the cherry
and the peach July and August sees
a good deal of the work on these fin
ished, while that on the cherry and
peach is a month or two later. All de-
ponds on the sap. The work is not done
as soon as the sap is running to admit
of the lifting of the bark, as the buds
are usually too immature at that
time, but it must not be delayed until
the growth stops, or the bark cannot
be lifted to admit the bud. Almost
all other trees, as well as fruits, can
he increased in the same way, and
the operation gives pleasure to the
amateur as well as brings profit to
lose who follow horticulture as a
busincss.-Joseph Meehan, in the
Practical Farmer.