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PROP;1I(I’ATION BY BUDDING AND GRAFTING 129
outdoors. The greatest disadvantage in its use in budding
practictl is its habit of rolling when it becomes dry, but it may
be dipped in water a few minutes before it is taken int.o the
fieid, or, better still, it may be allowed to lie on the fresh ground
the previous night, during which time it will absorb sufficient
moisture to become pliable.
In two or three weeks after the bud is set, it will have “ stuck”
or united to the stock. The bandage must then be removed
or cut. It is the common practice to draw a budding-knife
oyer the strings, on the side opposite the bud, oqmpletely
severing them and allowing them to fall. If the strings are
left on too long, they will constrict the stem and
ofttan kill t.hp bud, and they also have a tendency
to cause the bucl to ” break” or to begin to grow.
The bud on summer- and fall-budded stock
should remain perfectly dormant until spring,
for if it should grow, it will be injured and perhaps
killed by the winter. It should remain
green and fresh ; if it shrivels and becomes
brown, even though it still adheres to the stock,
it is worthless. A dormant bud, as it appears
in the winter following the budding, is shown in
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‘1’1~ bud was inserted in August, the
picture was made in March, following; the bud - y$
should have started to grow iii May. $.
Advantage may be taken, when cutting the
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strings, to rebud any stocks tha,t have failed. If
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bud sl~oul~l begin to grow because of 11 warin mant bud of
and wet fall or other reasons, there is little “lurn (’ *‘*
remedy except perhaps to head the shoot back if it should bc*
come long enough. If the stocks are protected by snow in
winter, some of the buds at the base of the new shoot maq- pass
the cold in safety.
The spring fr,iL~wing the budding, the stock should be cut
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