Show BUDDING AND GRAFTING MOAB orand courty county feb 10 1897 will you allow me to answer a low inquiries loqui rieB in regard to grai grafting ting ma aad bud budding dings as aa it takes takee too much time W t i answer each I 1 give noti I 1 will not answer regarding horticulture by letter as aa I 1 have net time if they will make through the I 1 will answer all AH I 1 am able to it seems goat so simple mple to me the method I 1 use uie to propagate trees I 1 deefer budding to any other method of of propagator kropa pr opa log ing trees an ai it to is much the cheaper way if you want to grow your jour own nursery nunery stock apple seeds should coald be put pat in a box mixed with dm dirt and kept wet and wt bet on the auth sough side bide of a building where ther will freeze and thew thaw through 11 the winter A watch should hoalst be kept shell kb they do not dot sprout too much mooch beform the frost la Is out of 0 the ground As aa soon boon as the seeds are sprouted ap routed pia them out from three to four inch apart in rows the rows row should be bb four feet apart the plants planta should have good carea care sf if in good moll they hey will do to bud the h last of august or 9 september if you do not want to bud the first year the seeds should abound be planted in a bed as thick as they can grow and won then set eel out the nela 1 I got get my apple stock from the east cost coat per thousand I 1 set get them hem out oat and bud the same summer I 1 bud w soon koths as the trees will ut uc theo then I 1 aaa 0 0 over them again and bud that have hare missed mined by go doing there will not be many that will nave have to be batted grafted ratted the next net raring I 1 graft mom which do not have a good bud bad the spring to bud cut your scion fromi from the be the tree you wish lo io propagate pro froma from i he be scion should be of the last year yeata s growth the tree you baut to bud should be as aa large as aa a lead pencil or larger split the tha bark two iwo or three inches up the tree from the grou groulik lid then out the bark crosswise next split ahe be bark loose thaon take your scion in your left hand theto the top pot ot the scion iram from you bold bola it between the thumb and forefinger lot let be scion rest aarow the palm of the hand band take yow your knife in the he right hand band knife shoria be sharp harp place the eje edge of the knife a halt jach above the bud cut in a ule arole to the center then than down and out halt half inch below the bud take the tad bud between the jolt thumb and fore singer finger with the cut side ur ul then tk toe knife and press ibe bark from the point of the wood then catch the wood between the point of the knife and thumb pull the wood fromm from the bad then than insert the bud Und erthe the bark bar you have prepared crowd the bud baa d down wn ee as it at DIB close to the tree take a strip of cotton cloth the width ol of your finger wrap it around by placing it below the bud bad and leloh it around above the bud full the string airing tight the bed to the tree to press tie the string 39 i a BIGg lill knot in ID a week or ten days remove the string it if you yon should commence boon enough all that have yon iron can replace I 1 onra mece to bud bad in august then the next spring as the as sap p the tree a 8 half loch inch to an inch tan arts cut above the bud keep cue pulled palled up in root grafting take a place piece of root ix inches to a toot in length the caiet way to grait the root is ie to cut it giant ise and the acion the same ame laal then take the abe knife out a niche in the ibe center benser of the root and scion ive eav the split to 90 catch together crowd cowd them show together have the bark of the scion sea aad bark of we the root to at together sill on she inside of the bark back take tails a piece niece of cotton cloth the width 61 a finger have some ome grafting grafil ng wax hot enough to he be to in a liquid state elate dip the cotton string I 1 in the tae wax anti and wrap it around the graft so BO as to ex elude the mir air from the out cut and dip dap the top rep end and of ef the bcd i in edthe the wax wal you afta witteria win winter teria in a dollar cellar and nd place in damp send aad until pring another WIRY way 18 to split the to root out solos in a wedge shape insert the otan man to in the split have the bark of the toot foot and the to match on one bide aide wrap mama me as a graft crown and bd limb grafting if stock block U large BPI it Is the crown crow and aad insert inert a edge in the center of the allt split drive toe bedke in 90 0 o bill aa to open the she split spilt of 0 an inch then out cut the mice of the split moth smote on either side ide abe scion cl on which should be out in la wedge shape it down lav ing tile the bark to 10 match on the inide iddo iclona should be from last dearva year and should be waxed so BO to ex ande the ui air limb grafting to 1 the came sels as aa crown grafting I 1 cleft grafting puah a guane guage be tween the bark end and the wood then lake jake it slanting on one ame nut toe out side aide next to the wood g browd dowl be careful not to break ike file bark aban wax the out cut and top of toe the solon the cion should hould havill have two bud f t grafting wax 18 made by taking by baking two parts rosin one tallow one teea wax melt together then take and turn tarn lato ingo cold water when cold coin to go handle take some ome tallow and rob on the handstand handa hand and sand pull the wax toe the game as sorghum candy leaven leave it in boks for use we have hare had bad considerable snow ot of late there la in more snow enow in the mono taing than we have had bad for a number bayan bu years there are a good many people here bore who nave oolda colds father bomell mud and wife auevery are very sick the doctor thinks there to la not much of a chance to live jive our sunday school Is ie welt weir attended last sunday there were at sunday school A year ago it was hard bard to get enough to have school it is ia laughable to hear bear some bome of our citizens talking about our senator it would not make any difference who had bad been elected there would have been grumbling 0 W WARNER |