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letter from him to the author dated July igth, 1920, 

 and edited slightly. The patch budder which he de- 

 scribes is an instrument of his own invention which 

 removes a square of bark from the stock and a 

 compensating square patch carrying a bud ; the latter 

 patch is inserted into the space from which the stock 

 patch has been removed. (See Figs. 18 and 19.) 



"The season for budding is on and I believe you 

 use my patch budder in budding. I have found that 

 cutting patches on the seedling stock a week to ten 

 days ahead of budding, but not taking the stock 

 patch off then, helps greatly in getting a stand of 

 buds. I first thought of this three years ago and 

 immediately put it into use. I noticed that the tree 

 invariably took care of the patch of bark left after 

 being marked out with the cutter. I figured that 

 cutting the stock patch ahead a few days would allow 

 the tree to callus over the cuts around it and that 

 when this was done the patch containing the bud 

 would be better and more promptly taken care of 

 when put on. This seems to be the case, as I have 

 tried it out now thoroughly; for this latitude 

 at least it is a wonderful help. My first trial of 

 it was in 1917. Two rows of Persian walnuts were 

 budded on the same day (short rows). The row 

 where the patch on the stock was cut at the time 

 when buds were inserted gave two successes. 

 The other row, which had the stock patches cut 

 seven days previous but not removed at that time, 

 gave us eighty-two successes. Seedlings were of the 

 same age and same condition. Buds were of the 



