146 THE HANDBOOK FOE PEACTICAL FARMERS 



if taken in the fall, should be secured from bearing trees of a 

 desired variety and packed in moist sand in a cool place. If 



Fig, G1. — Proper method 

 of cutting off a large 

 limb.— Z7. *S'. Dept. of 

 Agriculture. 



Fig, 62. — Eesults of correct and incorrect pruning. 

 A, correct method; after two years; B, incor- 

 rect method. — TJ. H Dcpt. of Agriculture. 



The 



taken in the spring they must be cut before the buds start. 



wood should be of the previous year's groAvth. 



Grafting is simple and 

 may be done in the follow- 

 ing way : The cion should 

 have three buds ; it should 

 be cut on both sides of the 

 lower bud so that a wedge 

 is formed, the bud side be- 

 ing Avider than the side 

 opposite. The cion should 

 be cut on a slant about 

 one-half inch above the 

 upper bud. The tip buds 

 are seldom used. 



In preparing the stub, 

 never cut a limb at a knot 

 or when it is over three 

 inches in diameter. Cut 

 the limb off squarely and 

 split it Adth a grafting 

 knife just far enough to 

 ^o T^A' *. i + * +1, c T ' insert the cion. The bud 



Fig. 63. — Diflerent states of the San Jose . , 



Scale (enlarge five times).. VMV/mia /Sfaic Side snould DC OUt and 



Crop Pest Commission Bulletin 190ff. ^]^q lowcr bud IcVCl with 



Massachusetts Dept. of Agriculture Cir- ,-, , r, .-, , , -r^, 



cuiar No. 6, the top 01 the stub. Place 



