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quickly, usually within 5 or 10 days, as the stocks 

 are necessarily growing very rapidly at this season. 

 The buds will now start into growth within two 

 to four weeks after setting, and with a favorable 

 season will make a growth of 2 to 4 feet in the same 

 year they are set. Thus we come to the most im- 

 portant practical advantage — namely, that we can 

 secure a merchantable peach tree one year earlier 

 than can be done by the usual methods. These trees 

 are universally known as "June buds." A few years 

 ago when there was a special fever of peach plant- 

 ing nurserymen produced enormous quantities of 

 June buds in order to meet this special demand. 

 At present the production of June buds is falling 

 off considerably, partly because of reduced plant- 

 ings of peach trees and also because fruit growers 

 generally dislike to use them. The regular one-year- 

 old trees, propagated in the usual manner, are dis- 

 tinctly preferred by nearly all tree planters. June 

 buds are chiefly used now in Tennessee, North Car- 

 olina, South Carolina and Georgia. In the north- 

 ern peach districts, such as Ontario and Michigan, 

 they are practically never used. 



DWARF STOCKS 



A word should be said here with regard to dwarf 

 peach trees. Few dwarf peach trees are known in 

 this country. They serve, in fact, no very impor- 

 tant purpose. They need not be expected ever to 

 assume any importance in commercial peach grow- 

 ing, but a certain number of dwarf trees are desired 

 by the owners of the small gardens. Such dwarf 

 peach trees are very valuable under such circum- 

 stances and may easily be propagated. 



The general method of propagating dwarf peach 



