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ones best suited to the different processes. These may be 

 listed as: June Budding, Dormant Budding, Twig Budding 

 and Bark Budding. The first two are sometimes listed as 

 " Shield Budding " and are used almost entirely on the 

 common deciduous fruits. Twig Budding is used on the 

 evergreen fruit trees such as the olive, loquat, avocadro 

 and sometimes on the citrus fruits. Bark Budding is 

 adaptable to those fruit, trees which have an unusually 

 thick bark, such as the walnuts, pecans, figs, etc. This 

 process varies considerably in detail and is sometimes 

 known as " Flute," "Ring," "Chip," or " Bark " budding. 

 The last named seems to fit all the conditions and is there- 

 fore selected as the best name. 



June Budding and Dormant Budding. These do not 

 differ in so far as the inserting of the bud is concerned, 

 but the time of insertion and the subsequent handling 

 differ considerably. The June bud, as the name implies, 

 is put in early in the season and an attempt is made to 

 force it into growth the same year; while with the dormant 

 bud, the insertion is made later in the season, and the 

 efforts are directed toward keeping it dormant until the 

 following spring. In the June bud, an attempt is made to 

 produce a nursery tree from seed in one year, while with 

 the Dormant bud two or more years are required. The 

 former can only be accomplished in the more temperate 

 climates where the trees have a long growing season and 

 where the young buds can grow late into the fall without 

 frost injury to the tender shoots. Even then, only the 

 rapid growing plants like the peach or the almond can be 

 successfully treated. All through the south and the south- 



