BUDDING
"And wouldn't I get those same fine peaches we had last year if I planted the seeds?" asked Davy.
"You might, Davy, but there are a hundred chances to one that you would get a very poor, small peach, which you would not care to eat."
Davy looked disappointed.
"Well," he said, "I might as well pull it up, then."
"Why, did you plant one, Davy?" asked the Chief Gardener.
"Yes, last summer. I didn't know then, and after I ate my peach I planted the seed over there in the corner, and now it's just coming up, and I was going to keep it for a surprise for you."
"That's too bad, Davy, but let it grow, anyway. Perhaps it will make some new and wonderful kind. Even if it doesn't, we can have the limbs grafted when it is larger."
"Oh, and can you have more than one kind on a tree?"