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off just above the bud, in order to throw the entire force of the 

 plant into the bud. The stock is generally, and preferably 

 cut off twice. The first cutting leaves the stub 4 or 5 inches 

 long above the bud. This cutting is made as soon as the stocks 

 begin to show any signs of activity. Two weeks later, or 

 _ when the bud has begun to grow (the 



shoot having reached the length of an 

 inch or two), the stock is again cut off a 

 half inch above the bud (Fig. 142). A 

 greater proportion of buds will usually 

 grow if this doubje heading-in is done, in 

 outdoor conditions, than if the stock is 

 cut back to the bud at the first operation. 

 Sometimes the stub of the stock is cut 

 long to serve - as a stake to which to tie 

 the bud, preventing it from blowing out 

 and keeping it straight. Fig. 143 shows 

 this at 3; and the total removal of the 

 142. Cutting off stuD i s shown at 3. (Peck, Cornell.) 



the stock. 



If the root is strong and the soil good, 



the bud will grow 2 to G feet the first year, depending much on 

 the species. All sprouts should be kept rubbed off the stock, 

 and the bud should be trained to a single stem. In weak 

 and crooked growers, the new shoot must be tied, and some 

 propagators in such cases cut off the stock 5 or 6 inches above 

 the bud and let it serve as a stake to which to tie (3, Fig. 

 143) ; but this operation is too expensive to be employed on 

 common fruit-trees. The stock, of course, must not be al- 

 lowed to grow. Late in the season the stock is cut down 

 close to the bud. Peaches and some other fruits are sold 

 after having made one season's growth from the bud, but 

 pears, apples, and most other trees are not often sold until the 

 second or third year. 



"June-budding" is a term applied to the budding of stocks 



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