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Inserting the Bud. Push the bud down into the incision made in the 

 stock, using- the leaf stalk as a handle. Be sure that the entire bud is 

 shoved into the incision. If a portion of the bark should project above, 

 cut it oflf. Fig. 83. 



Tying. The bud is now ready for tying. Raflfia is 

 V ■ 'H the best material to tie with, but if that is not available, use 

 ordinary string. Wrap the wound entirely except where 

 the bud is. Begin below the bud to wind the raffia. Wrap 

 it carefully and snugly up to the bud, around the sides 

 and above the bud beyond the top of the 

 wound. Then tie securely. Fig. 84. 



Later Treatment. Leave the raffia or string 

 |;ili';|>9 about two or three weeks when the bud will 

 have "stuck." Then remove the raffia. It is 

 the common practice to draw a sharp knifr 

 over the strings on the side opposite the bud, ^ 

 completely severing them, and allowing them 

 Fig. 83 ^Q fg^ii Q^ ^g ^Yiey will. The bud will remain 

 dormant during the winter, and will begin to grow in the 

 spring. After the buds have grown one year choose the 

 strongest branch, and cut off all the others. From this pir,. 84 

 branch allow the main branches of the tree to grow. 



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And when, above this apple-tree. 

 The winter stars are quivering bright, 

 And winds go howhng through the night. 

 Girls, whose young eyes o'erflow with mirth, 

 Shall peel its fruit by cottage-hearth, 



And guests in prouder homes shall see, 

 Heaped with the grape of Cintra's vine 

 And golden orange of the line. 



The fruit of the apple-tree. 



The fruitage of this apple-tree 

 Winds and our flag of stripe and star 

 Shall bear to coasts that He afar, 

 Where men shall wonder at the view, 

 And ask in what fair groves they grew; 



And sojourners beyond the sea 

 Shall think of childhood's careless day, 

 And long, long hours of summer play, 



In the shade of the apple-tree 



William Cullf.n Bryant 



From Songs of Nature 



McClure, Phillips & Co 



