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the stock is cut down close to the bud. Peaches and 

 some other fruits are sold after having made one season's 

 growth from the bud, but pears, apples, and most other 

 trees are not often sold uritil the second or third year. 



''June budding" is a term applied to the budding of 

 stocks in early summer, while they are yet growing rap- 

 idly. It is employed at the south, where the stocks can be 

 grown to sufficient size by the last of June or first of July. 

 Small stocks are usually employed those ranging from 

 one-fourth to one-third inch being preferred. A few 

 strong leaves should be left on the stock below the bud, 

 and after the bud has "stuck," the whole top should not 

 be cut off at once, else the growing plant will receive a 

 too severe check. It is best to bend the top over to 

 check its growth, or to remove the leaves gradually. The 

 bandages should not be left on longer than six to ten days 

 if the stock is growing rapidly. To prevent the constric- 

 tion of the stem, muslin bands are sometimes used instead 

 of bass or raffia. In hot and dry climates the buds should 

 be set an inch or two higher in June budding than in the 

 ordinary practice, to escape the great heat of the soil. 

 June budding is used upon the peach more than any other 

 tree, although it can be employed for any species which 

 will give large enough stocks from seed by the June fol- 

 lowing the sowing. In peaches, the bud will produce a 

 shoot from 3 to 5 feet high the same season the buds are 

 set, so that marketable budded trees can be produced in 

 one season from the seed. 



A different kind of early summer budding is sometimes 

 performed upon apples and other fruit-trees. In this case, 

 the stocks are one or two years old from the transplanting, 

 the same as for common budding, but dormant buds are 

 used. These buds are cut the previous fall or winter in the 

 same manner as cions, and when spring approaches they 

 are put on ice in sawdust, sand or moss and kept until 

 the stocks are large enough to receive them. The particu- 

 lar advantage of this method is the distributing of the labor 



