THE WALNUT 



Ring-Bud 



This method takes out an entire ring from the 

 stock, and a similar ring of another variety con- 

 taining a well developed bud is substituted. Bind 

 as in the half ring method. The walnut can be 

 budded very successfully by this method, in August ; 

 the buds remaining dormant until spring, when the 

 branch is severed above the bud to start the growth. 



Train Your Grafts 



Scions usually make rapid growth the first year. 

 Being soft and pliable, they tend to bend down- 

 ward. A strong stake should be set up by the tree 

 and the growing branch tied with thick coarse 

 bands to the stake. 



Small cords tightly bound interfere with the 

 circulation or sap flow and sometimes destroy the 

 young growth above the point where tied. If the 

 top bud grows in one stem without throwing out 

 side branches enough to form a good head, pinch 

 off the top bud and side branches will soon grow 

 out. Should one or more of these branches 

 tend to make too much growth, thus destroying the 

 symmetry of the tree, pinch the buds and a portion 

 of the sap flow will be diverted into other limbs. 



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