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which the inarch is taken. It is well here to give 

 a caution to the young practitioner, not to do this 

 too soon, as in that case it is often seen that the in- 

 arch is lost ; it should not be done until a good union 

 has taken place. 



CHAPTER IV. 



SPRING MANAGEMENT IN THE NURSERY. 



ART. 1. Heading down Young Trees. 



THE heading down of young trees is the first 

 thing that can conveniently be done in the nursery 

 in the early part of the spring, and should be atten- 

 ded to before the ground is sufficiently open for 

 drawing trees, and such as' comes under spade work. 



Budded or inoculated trees, as the peach, pear, 

 and the like, may be first done by cutting down the 

 wood above the bud six inches or a foot, leaving a 

 part of the stock above the bud for the purpose of 

 tieing the young growth made from the eye ; trees 

 worked the year previous, may have the piece of 

 wood left above the bud (which is now of no use) 

 cut close to the bud in a neat clean manner, so that 

 it may heal freely. In performing this business, 

 care must be taken to take away any useless shoots 

 from the tree below the bud, that will draw sub- 

 stance from and impoverish it. Any trees that are 

 intended to remain in the nursery another year and 

 that are intended to form bushy heads, may now 



