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ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE 



started growth, the raffia is cut, and the top cut off 

 above the bud. 



If the buds are inserted in the summer, they will grow 

 during that season, but will not make a very large growth. 



FIG. 21. FIG. 22. 



A bud ready for insertion and the The bud in- 

 T-shaped cut ready to receive it serted 



FIG. 23. 



The budding com- 

 pleted 



These trees are called "June buds." They are planted 

 in the orchard the following spring. 



If the buds are inserted in the fall, they unite with the 

 tree but do not start growth until the following spring. 

 Having a larger root and a long season, they make much 

 larger trees than June buds. It takes two years to produce 

 them, but they are in much greater demand than June 

 buds. 



Cherries and plums are propagated in the same manner 

 as peaches. 



Apple trees are usually root-grafted by the nursery- 

 man in the Middle West, but are budded in the East. In 

 either case, the seedling trees are usually produced by 

 growers in the Middle West, who grow them for one year. 

 These one-year-old seedlings are planted in the nursery 

 and are budded the first spring. The trees are usually 



