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  After 
  Care 
  

  

  After 
  new 
  growth 
  starts 
  watch 
  it 
  closely 
  every 
  week 
  or 
  ten 
  days 
  

   and 
  keep 
  all 
  suckers 
  removed 
  until 
  the 
  scion 
  starts 
  into 
  growth. 
  

   Wherever 
  grafts 
  fail 
  to 
  start 
  the 
  suckers 
  may 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  grow 
  for 
  

   budding 
  later. 
  

  

  Budding 
  Large 
  Trees 
  

  

  Cut 
  back 
  early 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  for 
  grafting, 
  cover 
  all 
  cuts 
  with 
  graft- 
  

   ing 
  wax, 
  let 
  all 
  sprouts 
  grow 
  until 
  time 
  to 
  bud, 
  which 
  is 
  usually 
  

   August 
  1 
  to 
  September 
  1. 
  Thin 
  out 
  the 
  small, 
  weaker 
  sprouts 
  and 
  

   bud 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  ones, 
  setting 
  the 
  bud 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  

   inches 
  from 
  where 
  the 
  sprout 
  comes 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  stub. 
  Use 
  the 
  patch 
  

   bud, 
  wrap 
  carefully 
  with 
  waxed 
  cloth, 
  using 
  muslin 
  dipped 
  in 
  melted 
  

   beeswax, 
  the 
  strips 
  of 
  cloth 
  three-sixteenths 
  to 
  one-fourth 
  inch 
  

   wide. 
  The 
  following 
  spring, 
  about 
  March 
  1, 
  cut 
  the 
  sprouts 
  back 
  

   to 
  about 
  three 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  bud, 
  remove 
  all 
  other 
  sprouts 
  when 
  

   new 
  growth 
  starts 
  and 
  keep 
  all 
  suckers 
  removed. 
  

  

  Supports 
  

  

  At 
  this 
  time 
  you 
  will 
  need 
  to 
  put 
  up 
  slat 
  supports 
  to 
  tie 
  the 
  buds 
  

   to. 
  Take 
  slats 
  one 
  by 
  two 
  inches 
  and 
  twelve 
  feet 
  long. 
  Nail 
  these 
  

   to 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  limbs 
  so 
  they 
  will 
  extend 
  six 
  to 
  eight 
  feet 
  above. 
  

   Keep 
  buds 
  and 
  grafts 
  tied 
  up 
  every 
  week 
  or 
  ten 
  days 
  during 
  the 
  

   growing 
  season. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  our 
  experience 
  that 
  budding 
  is 
  preferable. 
  However, 
  

   grafting 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  then 
  budding 
  in 
  August 
  gives 
  you 
  two 
  

   chances 
  the 
  same 
  season. 
  

  

  This 
  same 
  method 
  applies 
  to 
  the 
  pecan 
  and 
  hickory 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   walnut 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  carefully 
  done 
  you 
  will 
  surely 
  be 
  well 
  paid 
  

   for 
  your 
  work. 
  

  

  