Productive farming . Fig. 18.—Method of budding a young fruit tree. A, the bud and surroundingparts cut from a good variety; B, the T-shaped cut in bark of tree to be budded;C« the same rolled back ready to receive the good bud; D. the good bud set in placeunder bark; E, the bud and bark tied securely in place with waxed knitting cottonor with raffia fiber. Peach and plum scions or budding sticks are cut fromthe new growth on the trees of the desired varieties. Theleaves are trimmed off, but stems are left near each bud toaid in handling when the bud is removed from the buds are inse
Productive farming . Fig. 18.—Method of budding a young fruit tree. A, the bud and surroundingparts cut from a good variety; B, the T-shaped cut in bark of tree to be budded;C« the same rolled back ready to receive the good bud; D. the good bud set in placeunder bark; E, the bud and bark tied securely in place with waxed knitting cottonor with raffia fiber. Peach and plum scions or budding sticks are cut fromthe new growth on the trees of the desired varieties. Theleaves are trimmed off, but stems are left near each bud toaid in handling when the bud is removed from the buds are inserted on the stocks right away. The oper-ator must get down close to the ground to do the workproperly. The top of the seedling stock is cut away earlythe following spring before the buds swell. This forces allthe sap of the root system to the new bud and the growth willbe rapid. One-year-old trees of peach and plum varieties 38 PRODUCTIVE far:ming should be transplanted to the orchard. If left in the nur-sery rows
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