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applied after the bloom has fallen when the young plums are 

 just beginning to form. 



Plant diseases and insects not only interfere with fruit 

 production, but, to a ^ 



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certain extent, with every 

 other kind of plant produc- 

 tion. Some of the main 

 general facts relating to 

 each are presented in 

 Chapters XV and XVII. 

 Bulletins and circulars are 

 furnished by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture 

 and by State Agricultural 

 Experiment Stations, 

 which give detailed instruc- 

 tions for the control of 

 plant diseases and insects 

 that are associated with 

 each kind of fruit. These 

 should be studied in connec- 

 tion with this chapter. In 

 the appendix will be found 

 a spraying program for 

 orchards and fruit gardens. 

 Improving the orchard 

 by grafting and budding. 

 -After fruit trees have become established, it may be 

 desirable to extend the varieties. This may be done without 

 further planting, by grafting and budding other varieties on 

 to trees already developed. In this way one tree may be 

 made to produce several kinds of fruit. 



Diagrams showing the process of 

 budding 



A. Twig from which buds are cut. 



B. Cutting bud from twig. 



C. Making T-shaped cut for inser- 

 tion of bud. 



D. Bark raised for insertion of bud. 



E. Bud inserted. 



F. Bud tied on. 



G. Bud developing into twig. 

 (Missouri Agr. Exp. Station.) 



