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Pecan-Growing 



budding on the new shoot and then trimming these to force 

 the buds very often leaves weak, unsightly and poorly shaped 

 limbs to form the new top. 



The other method of top-working began with the use of the 

 bark-graft and has been considerably strengthened as a result 

 of the discovery that the patch-bud could be inserted success- 

 fully in rough bark on limbs and trunks. In the use of the 



Figure 8. — a, Young shoot at close of first season's growth ; 

 h, place sawed in native limb for purpose of forcing out the 

 bud ; c, end of limb cut off for purpose of forcing out the bud ; 

 d, coarse twine for staking young shoot ; e, point where native 

 limb will be cut off at beginning of second season's growth. 



bark-graft at least 50 per cent of the limbs are removed and 

 cions inserted in the stubs. "With the patch-bud the rough 

 bark on the limb or trunk is pared down and a bud inserted 

 in the fresh and tender bark. The maximum diameter of the 

 limb or trunk at the point of insertion should not exceed 

 three or fqur inches. No part of the stock is removed until 

 it is seen that the bud is living, and then only enough is cut 



