TYING AND SUCKERING OF BUDS. 41 



Christmas, but about the end of February is a 

 good time ; they are not so well to be left much 

 later in the season, otherwise the bud is apt to 

 go blind, through the sap rising more up into 

 the head of the stock or tree. 



TYING AND SUCKERING OF BUDS. 



Par. 19. The next thing is the tying and 

 suckering of buds; it is necessary when the 

 suckers shoot out from the stocks to cut them 

 clean off, in order to give the bud all the encou- 

 ragement you can ; and when the bud has grown 

 four or five inches long, tie it gently up to the 

 piece of the stock which is left above the bud, 

 but be sure to leave a sufficient space between 

 the bud and the stock for the bud to swell, after 

 this you have no further trouble with them, ex- 

 cept keeping them free from suckers till they 

 want snagging, for which see snagging, Para- 

 graph 4. 



OBSERVATIONS BEFORE THE EXPLANATORY 

 LIST OF SORTS. 



Par. 20. Having given all the necessary in- 



