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the incifioti in the (lock, to fnorten it accordingly when 

 inferted, fo as to make it flip in readily, and lie per- 

 fe6liy clofe in every part. 



Having thub fixed the bud, let the flock in that part 

 be immediately bound round with a ilring of new ba{«- 

 mat, beginning a little below the cut, and proceeding 

 upwards drawing it clofely round to the top of the flit ; 

 but be fure to mifs the eye of the bud, bringing the ty- 

 ing ciofe to it below and above, only jull leaving the 

 very eye open ; and this finilhes the work for the prefent. 



In three weeks or a month after the inoculation is per- 

 formed, the buds will have taken with the iiock, which 

 15 difcoverable by the bud appearing plump ; and thofe 

 chat have ncTt taken will appear black and decayed ; 

 therefore, let the bandages of thofe which have taken 

 be loofened ; and this is done in order to give fre« 

 ccurfa to the Tap, that the bud, according as it fwells, 

 may not be pinched; for were the bandages fuffered to 

 remain as firft tied,, they would pinch the buds, and fpoil 

 them. To prevent this, it would be moll advifeable to 

 loofen them ail in about three weeks, or, at fartheft, a 

 month after budding: which concludes the work till 

 next March: ns until which time, the bud remains dor- 

 Biant, then fhoots forth with vigour. 



At that time, i. e. the beginning of March, you are 

 to cut off the heads of the (locks ; obferving to cut them 

 off about a hand's breadth above the infertion of the 

 bud ; and this part of the Hock left above the bud is to 

 remain till next fpring, and will ferve to tie the ihoot 

 to, which the bud makes the f ril fummer ; for the buds 

 never begin to ihoot till the fpring after budding. Or 

 may cut the head off at once near the bud, behind it in. 

 a llanting manner : — See the management of new budded 

 trees in March, &c. 



The general feafon to bud or inoculate is from about 

 the middle o,f June till near the fame time in Auguil, 

 according to the forwardnefs in growth of the fhoots of 

 the different trees you would bud from : and this you 

 may always eafily know by trying the buds ; and when 

 they will readily part from the woodj, as above men- 

 tioned in the work, it is then the proper time to bud the 

 feveral kinds of fruit, and other trees and ihrubs that 

 will grow by that method. 



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