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success with budding. The seedling may be budded while 
in pots in the nursery but they should be of good size and 
the wood well matured. They may also be planted in the 
field and left until well established and growing vigorously 
before budding. Or the seeds may be planted in the field 
in the regular manner and the plants budded when the stem 
attains the size of one half inch to one inch in diameter. 
There are several methods of budding, some of which 
are here illustrated. The patch bud seems to have been the 
most successful so far. 7 
The only tool needed is a thin bladed knife, sharp as a 
razor, with which to cut the bud, and some soft yarn, raffia 
or tape, with which to wrap the bud after it is inserted 
It is especially necessary to be careful in cutting the bud 
so that it is smooth and straight. A ragged bud torn off or 
cut with a dull knife will not unite with the stock. A patch 
bud should be exactly the same size as the piece of bark 
removed from the stock and fit as snug as a cabinet-maker 
would fit inlaid work. 
In about two weeks the bud should start to grow if the 
operation has been successful and it should then be forced 
by removing a ring of bark from the stock a couple of 
inches above or by cutting the stock half off at that distance 
above the bud and bending the top down to the ground. 
When the young shoot from the bud has grown a few inches 
it should be carefully tied to a stake and all the other shoots 
should be kept cut off. The bud shoot should be trained 
straight by tying to a stake until it is about a meter high 
when the tip should be pinched off in order to induce it to 
branch. 
