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THE NURSERY AND THE ORCHARD. 



shoots. It is the general practice, however, not to cut 

 oflf the stocks till the spring after budding, just as the 

 buds begin to swell. They are then cut two or three 

 inches above the bud, which is at once pushed into vig- 

 orous growth, and when a few inches high should be tied 

 to the stump to prevent its being broken by the wind, 

 and to induce an upright growth {fig. 17). About a 



Fig 17.— The young shoot tied. 



month later the stump of the stock is cut down close to 

 the bud, as represented by the small line ( fig 17). Some 

 nurserj'men do not practice tying up the young shoot. 

 All sprouts that appear above or below the bud must be 

 kept rubbed off. 



In the first or second fall after budding, the tree will be 

 large enough to plant in the orchard. 5"id will bear fruit 



