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Pecan-Gr owing 



paper around each package. The bundles should be wrapped 

 carefully with oiled paper and placed in a strong box. As 

 soon as received the oiled paper should be removed and the 

 package dipped in w^ater and put in cold storage, unless the 

 buds are to be used immediately. It is very seldom that bud- 

 wood can be shipped successfully for a considerable distance 

 when wrapped only in moist paper. 



If it is found that the budwood has become slightly shriv- 

 eled on account of drying out during transit, it is often 

 advisable to soak the bud sticks in warm water for a few 

 hours, when they should be packed in moist sand, moss or 

 sawdust before being placed in cold storage. 



BUDDING TOOLS 



The Texas Aggie budding-knife was invented by D. V. 

 Shuhart, while a senior horticultural student at the Agricul- 

 tural and Mechanical College of Texas. The materials needed 

 in the construction of this knife are two one and one-half inch 



Figure 16.— Above, a good type of budding-knife ; below, 

 Texas Aggie budding tool. 



Stove bolts, two second-hand safety-razor blades and a piece 

 of timber, preferably seasoned oak, ash, hickory or pecan, 

 about eight inches long, one and one-fourth inches wide and 

 one inch thick. Two longitudinal cuts, parallel and about 



