CHAPTER VI 
Budding 
For this work it is best to grow a few 
peach trees from the seeds, which have 
been saved the previous year and planted 
either in the fall or cracked and planted 
in the spring. By September, the trees 
will be large enough and ready to bud. 
A few days before budding is to take place 
it is well to go about and trim off the leaves 
for five or six inches from the ground. 
This should not be done very long before- 
hand, as it will harden up the wood too 
rapidly. Budding should take place when 
the bark slips freely. Bud sticks should 
be cut from some well-known tree and 
the leaves trimmed off immediately, leav- 
ing about one-half inch of the stem of the 
leaf for a handle for the bud. These sticks 
should be wrapped in moist cloth until 
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