16 THE PROPAGATION OF FRUIT TEBBS. 



■whole complete ■with the ligature tied around. Care should be 

 had, in raising the bark of the stock, to avoid disturhiag the 

 camhium, the soft, mucUaginous secretion lying next to the ■wood 

 of the stock. 



The After Treatment of the hud consists in 

 remo'ving the ligature as soon as it hegios to bind 

 too tightly around the stock. In from t'welye to 

 fourteen days the bud should be examined, and if it 

 appears plump and fresh it has probably begun to 

 unite ■with the stock, but if it has shrivelled it is 

 dead. If the stock ■wiU. yet peel, it may be rebud- 

 ded at once. K the stock has swelled much, so as 

 Fig. u. to tighten the ligature, it may be loosened and re-tied, 

 but, in common practice, ■where budding is done on an extended 

 scale, the ligature is cut ■when the gro^wth of the stock is such 

 that the bark s^wells around the ligature. A little practice ■wiU 

 enable the operator to decide ■when it is necessary to remove the 

 string. Usually it is in about four -weeks from the time the bud 

 is put in, but the time -wiLl vary according to gro^wth of the 

 stock. Cherry and peach stocks usually s^well more rapidly than 

 apple or pear. Sometimes the strings are left on all ■winter, par- 

 ticularly if the budding has been done late in the season ; but in 

 our climate this practice is not to be recommended ; the band 

 retains moisture, and in cold ■weather gathers ice about the bud. 



In the foUo^wing spring the stock should be headed back to 

 ■within about three inches of the bud as soon as the buds begin 

 to start. This ■will cause all the buds remaining on the stock to 

 push vigorously, and as soon as the inserted bud begins to grow 

 aU the natural buds must be rubbed off, and kept rubbed off 

 from time to time, as often as they start. This is done so that 

 aU the sap may be thro^wn into the inserted bud, and its growth 

 promoted. As soon as it has gro^wn a few inches in length it wiU 

 probably require tying to the stock, so as to keep it upright. In 

 doing this the string or band should not be wound around the 

 gro^wing shoot, but merely passed round it and tied around the 



