CHAPTER VI 



Budding 



For this work it is best to grow a few 

 peach trees from the seeds, which have 

 been saved the previous year and planted 

 either in the fall or cracked and planted 

 in the spring. By September, the trees 

 will be large enough and ready to bud. 

 A few days before budding is to take place 

 it is well to go about and trim off the leaves 

 for five or six inches from the ground. 

 This should not be done very long before- 

 hand, as it will harden up the wood too 

 rapidly. Budding should take place when 

 the bark slips freely. Bud sticks should 

 be cut from some well-known tree and 

 the leaves trimmed off immediately, leav- 

 ing about one-half inch of the stem of the 

 leaf for a handle for the bud. These sticks 

 should be wrapped in moist cloth until 

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