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loosened. If the bud is put in early in the season, it may 

 be made to grow almost immediately by cutting off the 

 ends of the growing shoots of the stock, and thus forcing 

 sap towards the bud. As the bud grows, the stock should 

 be still further shortened, and all the shoots growing below 

 the bud should be removed altogether. 



Budded stocks require in this country, at least when 

 the buds are ^dormant, a protection against the winter. 

 Where there are but few, oiled paper, or something of a 

 similar nature, may be tied over the bud as a shelter from 

 snow, rain, and sun ; but, when there are many, this is im- 

 possible, and the stocks may be taken up, and " heeled " 

 close together in a dry soil under a shelter of boards and 

 mats. " Heeling " is merely a temporary planting. 



In the following spring, the stocks may be cut off to 

 within an inch of the bud, and then planted where they 

 are to remain. When the bud is inserted near the 

 ground, which in our climate should always be done, 

 the stock should be planted in such a manner that the bud 

 is a little below the level of the earth. To this end, the 

 stock should be set in a slanting position in the hole dug 

 for it ; the bud, of course, being uppermost, and about an 

 inch below the level of the edge of the hole : then the 

 hole should be partially filled in. When the bud has 



