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If the stock grows so much, the remainder 

 of the season, as to occasion the bandage to 

 girdle it, take the bandage off; otherwise, let it 

 remain on until spring. 



In the month of April, when the buds begin 

 to swell, remove the bandage, if it has not 

 been previously removed, and cut off the 

 stock three or four inches above the bud, 

 which will soon begin to grow vigorously. 

 The stock is left thus long above the bud, as 

 this will often be convenient for tying up the 

 young shoot of the bud, during the first sea- 

 son of its growth ; after which the stock may 

 be cut offclose above the point where the bud 

 was inserted. 



When the buds are set in the spring, the 

 stocks are cut off above them, as soon as they 

 show any signs of growing. As soon as a 

 bud or a scion begins to grow, ail sprouts or 

 suckers (called robber-shoots,) starting out 

 below it, should be carefully cut off. This, 

 however, should be done gradually, if the 

 stock is quite large, otherwise the bud or scion 

 might not afford a sufficient supply of leaves 

 to keep the sap of the stock in healthy action. 



A modification of the process of budding is 

 deserving of notice. The French call it Bud- 





