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that in starting to wrap it you do not also press the bud upward 

 out of place, and as you proceed in the binding, use a gentle 

 pressure upon it to make it fit its place, leaving only the short 

 leaf-stem and point of the bud uncovered by the bandage (Fig. 

 105 c). Or two bands may be used, beginning with one im- 

 mediately above the bud, and wrapping upward, and the other 

 just below and on the swell of the bud, and winding downward, 

 the latter only being loosened or removed at the first after- 

 dressing of the bud. This, however, like too early budding, is 

 .apt to start the young bud in the fall, which, when occurring 

 from any cause, is injurious, increasing the labor of tending, 

 generally resulting in the production of a feebler growth than 

 if the bud had lain dormant until spring, and almost uniformly 

 rendering the tree more or less unsightly at the point of junc- 

 tion of the bud and stock. 



ANNULAR BUDDING. 



ANNULAR BUDDING is performed by cut- 

 ting, or rather peeling, a ring of bark about 

 half an inch wide from the stock (Fig. 106 

 a), and a corresponding ring, containing a 

 bud, from a scion of equal size, or a little 

 larger (Fig. 106 5), and fitting the latter 

 neatly in the place of the former, shorten- 

 ing it if its girth be greater than necessa- 



a. The stock prepared for j T_ j > n n iri 



annular budding. ry> and binding it carefully and firmly. 

 6. The bud-ring prepared This mode of budding is peculiarly suited 



to fit the stock. , . . . . r . , . J 



to trees having thick, rigid bark, and is 

 rarely used. 



TIME OF BUDDING. 



All budding may be performed in the fall. Fruit-trees and 

 some fancy forest trees are usually budded in July and Au- 

 gust, beginning with pear and cherry, then plum, orange, rose, 

 apple, and peach, the latter being sometimes postponed to 

 September. The time, however, will vary with locality, it be- 

 ing always advisable to bud as late as may be possible consist- 

 ent with the easy and successful setting of the bud, so that 



