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drawing a knife across it on the side of 

 the stock opposite the bud. Should the 

 stock be making a slow growth, there 

 need be no hurry about cutting the tie. 

 The onl}- t-hing to be guarded against 

 is that the wrap does not cut into the 

 bark. This pressure interferes with the 

 flow 111 sap and tends to throw the bud 

 into premature growth; this often means 

 a loss of the September bud. The bud 

 set in August and September should 

 remain dormant over winter. The fol- 

 lowing spring, just as soon as the buds 

 on the top of the stock begin to push 

 out, the original top of the stock is cut 

 away. Should the stock be cut off too 

 early in the spring, or too close, there is 

 danger of the stub drying out to the 

 injury of the bud. Some recommend the 

 practice of leaving a longer stub to 

 which the young growing shoot from the 

 bud may be tied until it is well estab- 

 lished. This saves some buds from being 

 blown out, but necessitates a second cut- 

 ting in mid-summer to allow the stub to 

 heal over. 



We have said that buds for fall bud- 

 ding should be taken from the current 

 year's growth. The common practice is 

 to cut the terminal growth from bearing 

 trees. The leaves are trimmed off at 

 once, leaving a small part of the leaf- 

 stalk to handle the bud by. Bud-sticks 

 trimmed in this way may be stored in 

 a cool, damp place and kept for some 

 time without injury. The leaf-stalks, 

 however, will loosen and drop off in 

 many cases if stored over ten days. Of 

 course this does no harm, but some bud- 

 ders mis-s the little handle in inserting 

 the bud. The first few buds at the base 

 of the stick are generally poorly devel- 

 oped and should be discarded, while 

 those near the tip are too immature to 

 be used. As a rule not over half of the 

 new growth cut in early September will 

 carry buds suitable for budding. The 

 sticks should be carried in a damp cloth 

 to avoid drying out. 



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"The college staff of the Oregon Agricultural 

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