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stubs, as accidents maj^ befall some of 

 the scions. The season for top grafting 

 the young trees is the same as for old 

 trees. While top-working the old trees 

 tends to hasten the bearing of the scions, 

 it is doubtful whether top-working young 

 trees induces earlier fruitfulness. 



Budding is no doubt the simpler 

 method of putting a new top on young 

 trees. While the process of budding is 

 a little more delicate than that of graft- 

 ing, the average man can, with a little 

 practice, get very satisfactory results. 

 Buds should be placed as soon as the top 

 is well formed, setting one or two in 

 each scaffold limb that is to be retained. 

 The buds are generally set from six to 

 twelve inches from the main stem, 

 depending on the formation of the head. 

 Trees two years old when set may gen- 

 erally be budded the following fall, and 

 should yearling whips make a strong 

 growth, the arms may be large enough 

 to receive buds in September. Any stem 

 as large as a lead-pencil may be budded 

 quite easily. Arms in which buds fail to 

 start may be grafted the following spring. 

 Should arms fail to appear in the proper 

 place it is quite possible to supply them 

 by setting buds directly into the body 

 of the young tree. When the buds begin 

 to push into new growth they will 

 require about the same care as young 

 grafts. They will need some pinching 

 back to strengthen the stem and to over- 

 come the tendency to become top-heavy. 

 With the possible exception of young 

 trees budded in late spring, all growth 

 from original stock should be removed 

 as fast as it appears. 



Buds may be set during the month of 

 June or early July, or in August and 

 September. For June budding the bud- 

 sticks are cut as soon as well matured 

 wood may be found. Good firm wood, 

 with well developed buds, may generally 

 be cut from bearing trees in the latter 



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part of June. As soon as buds set in 

 June or July unite with the stock, the 

 bandage is cut and the part of the stock 

 above the bud is removed. In spring- 

 budding it is well to leave some of the 

 new growth which springs from the arms 

 below the bud. This takes the surplus 

 sap and helps nourish the roots until the 

 buds are well started. Wood from buds 

 set in the spring may not mature well in 

 our climate, and is susceptible to winter 

 injury during severe winters. With care- 

 ful watering it is possible to mature the 

 wood properly, but where practical, fall 

 budding should be given the preference. 

 In the case of peach trees, June budding 

 is preferred where attacks of twig borers 

 often destroy in early spring buds set 

 the previous fall. In the apple and pear 

 it is probably more convenient to bud in 

 the fall. Then, too, arms which are large 

 "enough to bud in early spring were large 

 enough the previous September, so one 

 really gains rather than loses time by 

 budding in the fall. 



In fall budding the buds are taken 

 from the current year's growth. Buds 

 may be inserted in wood of one, two or 

 three years' growth. The stiffness of 

 the bark of the other wood makes bud- 

 ding difficult. The heavy bark not only 

 makes the insertion of the bud difficult, 

 but in drying out it curls away from the 

 bud, exposing it to the air. The simplest 

 form of budding is that known as shield- 

 budding or T-budding. The position for 

 the bud is chosen with reference to the 

 prevailing wind, protection from the 

 sun's rays, or to best form the top of 

 the tree. The most important factor 

 should determine where the bud should 

 be placed. It is well to place the bud 

 on the shady side of the stock, if pos- 

 sible. Should the locality be subject to 

 strong prevailing winds, the bud should 

 stand more wind if placed on the side of 

 the stock toward the wind. A T-shaped 

 incision is made in the bark and the 

 corners of the bark below the transverse 

 cut raised to facilitate starting the bud. 

 The bud is then cut from the bud-stick 



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