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can best be determined by the time of the 

 formation of the terminal buds. It is not until 

 after this bud is formed that we may have 

 any assurance of the cessation of wood growth. 

 When the length of the season's growth is 

 completed it ceases to throw out new leaves, 

 and is tipped with a large, plump bud, we are 

 sure the tree has completed its efforts in the 

 direction of wood production. These switches 

 will not lengthen any more that season under 

 normal conditions.^ The energy of the tree 

 should be used in ripening wood and strength- 

 ening buds. 



The terminal bud should form early enough 

 in the season to insure the thorough ripening 

 of the wood and full maturity of buds before 

 freezing weather. Untimely cultivation may 

 cause a second growth. For instance, where 

 potatoes are grown in the orchard (and they 

 are often one of the best hoed crops) it some- 

 times happens that digging the crop of pota- 

 toes gives the ground such a thorough working 

 that when followed by seasonable showers the 

 trees start a second growth, which result in 

 damage to the young growth and frequently 

 to the trees. To prevent this it is well to sow 

 the ground, (after digging or stirring,) heavy 

 with some crop. 



