60 Peach-Growing 



current season's growth or buds from the previous season 

 that have been kept dormant by holding in cold storage 

 are used when "June budding*' is used. The details of 

 the operation are the same as when done later, but thus 

 early in the season the buds should start into growth at 

 once instead of remaining dormant until the following spring. 

 In the far South, June or summer budding can be done until 

 about July 10, but later than this the buds will remain dor- 

 mant till the next spring. 



By autumn such early budded trees should be large enough 

 to plant, though naturally not as large as those which have 

 an entire season in which to grow. Thus, in June 

 budding a year is gained in the nursery and some growers 

 find such trees eminently satisfactory. They should be 

 somewhat cheaper in price, of course, than the older trees. 



The removal of the top of the seedling stock, the part 

 above the bud that has been inserted, is a detail requiring 

 care. In the case of trees budded at the usual time, the 

 seedling top is cut off the following spring about as the bud 

 which is to give rise to the new top starts into growth — or 

 just after it starts. The cut should be made just above 

 the bud, leaving only so much of the wood above the bud 

 itself as may be necessary to prevent drying out. If too 

 long a stub is left, it will not heal over well. The point 

 of removal is shown in '^E," Fig. 1. 



In the case of June budding, the seedling tops are removed 

 at the time the string with which the buds are tied is cut, 

 but any leaves or small branches that may develop from 

 points below the bud are allowed to remain until the bud 

 has made a growth of 3 or 4 inches, and then they are re- 

 moved. Plate VII shows a block of June buds in a Florida 

 nursery as they appeared about the middle of September. 



