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part above the bud to be governed by the diameter of the stock. 

 The smaller the stock, the closer the cut can be made to ad- 

 vantage. Sometimes the stock is cut off before the twine is cut, 

 especially of spring budding, but not of fall budding. Care 

 must be taken to keep all the suckers off below the bud. The 

 young bud generally takes care of itself, forming a body and 

 top in symmetrical proportions. Occasionally one is inclined to 

 grow crooked and ungainly, when a judicious use of the pruning 

 knife must be resorted to as a corrective. The buds need little 

 pruning generally none the first year of their growth. The 

 pruning will be governed in after years by the judgment or fancy 

 of the owner. 



It is frequently necessary to remove part of the sprouts on 

 the stump above the bud, but not all of them should be taken 

 off. Those on the same side as the bud should be removed, 

 that the bud may grow up straight. Enough of the sprouts that 

 start above the bud after the cutting off of the top should be left 

 to keep the sap flowing ; at least till the bud shall have attained 

 a length of six inches or more, depending on the size of the 

 stock. When the buds are from eighteen to thirty inches high 

 (this is also governed by the size of the stock), the stub above 

 the bud should be cut off close to the bud. 



