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After the Imd has made a few feet of growth, the stoek is cut off just above it, so the hud takes 

 the jjlace of the former branch. In case the bud was put on a seedhng, this means that 

 practically all of the tree above j^round is due to the bud, the underground part being fur- 

 nished by the stock. Quick growth is usually made by such a tree, l)ccause of its strong 

 root system. A j)each tree budded in the fall on a vigorous seedling will .sometimes 

 attain a height of 6 feet the next year, and be ready to sell or plant, a year from the time 

 it was budded. The tree above is a budded orange growing in a pot, photographed by 

 G. W. Oliver. (Fig. 17.) 



