Budding is mostly restricted to young trees in the nursery. In the spring following the budding, the stock is cut off just above the bud, so that only the shoot from the bud grows to make the future tree. This prevailing form of budding (shield-budding) is shown in Fig. 168.
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Fig. 168.—Budding. The "bud"; the opening to receive it; the bud tied.
Suggestions.—128. Name the plants that the
gardener propagates by means of cuttings.
129. By means of grafts. 130. The cutting-box
may be set in the window. If the box does not
receive direct sunlight, it may be covered with a
pane of glass to prevent evaporation. Take care
that the air is not kept too close, else the damping-off
fungi may attack the cuttings, and they will
rot at the surface of the ground. See that the
pane is raised a little at one end to afford ventilation;
and if the water collects in drops on the
under side of the glass, remove the pane for a
time. 131. Grafting wax is made of beeswax,
resin, and tallow. A good recipe is one part (as
one pound) of rendered tallow, two parts of beeswax,
four parts of rosin; melt together in a kettle;
pour the liquid into a pail or tub of water to solidify
it; work with the hands until it has the
color and "grain" of taffy candy, the hands being
greased when necessary. The wax will keep any
length of time. For the little grafting that any
pupil would do, it is better to buy the wax of a
seedsman. 132. Grafting is hardly to be recommended
as a general school diversion, as the making
of cuttings is; and the account of it in this
chapter is inserted chiefly to satisfy the general
curiosity on the subject. 133. In Chap. V we had
a definition of a plant generation: what is "one
generation" of a grafted fruit tree, as Le Conte
pear, Baldwin, or Ben Davis apple? 134. The
Elberta peach originated about 1880: what is
meant by "originated"? 135. How is the grape
propagated so as to come true to name (explain
what is meant by "coming true")? currant?
strawberry? raspberry? blackberry? peach?
pear? orange? fig? plum? cherry? apple? chestnut?
pecan?
