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they may remain over one year in tile grou’nd after t,hey are planted
before t.hey germinztte.
If smtil, well-gr;L&d, (‘ IltLtllI’iLl ” pits are ust~l, running ti,OOO to
7,000 to the ldld, 7 or S l)ushels will 1~ required to plant an acre ;
the larger pits Crolu “ buddetl ” varieties stlcured from canneries
may run as low :IS 2,200 to 2,5(JO to the busl~l, requiring a correspondingly
largrr quantit.~~ to p!ant a gi\~en area. Planted in
well-prepared fel:tile soil, most of the seedlings should att,ain a
diameter of allout one-fourth inch by midsummer ; that is, a size
large enough to bud, this operation being performed principally
from the last of .Tul~- to eurl~~ Septeml)er. (The dct,ails of shieldbudding
are dt~seril~t’(l on pages 122--I 33.) The buds placed on the
stocks in this peri remain dor-cnant until the following spring,
when, with the ribturn of warm wrat’her, they should grow rapicll>r.
‘Afttlr one st’~~)n’s gt*o\vtll in thrh nurs(I;ry they are termed “ one-
I)Vear-oids ” anti art’ ready -for sale and for permanent planting.
Peach trees ohltlr than one year should rarely if ever be planted,
ahhough “lJune buds ” or “ summer buds,” which have roars
one year younger than one->yar-old trees, find favor. with some
growers in t.he South. These are produced in regions where ;L very
early opening of thtb growing season in spring produces seedlings
large enough to hut1 1)~. ,June of thtb Saul )year. If buds are inserted
on such stocks in *Juncb or early* .Jul>~, the). start into growth at once
inst.ead of reillainiilg (lormant until tile following spring, and 1,~
late fall they tlexx~lop into ~~~~ll-l~~~~t~~cht~cl trees 2 to 3 feet high. Such
trees give excellent results for orchard plant.ing in the experience of
many southern growers.
As soon as the 1.~1 has ” taken, “tllat is, become attached to the
stock, which will IW \f*ithin ten damps to t,wo weeks after it is inserted,
the raffia or string with which t.llt+ stock was wra.pped should be cut.
to prevent it girdling the stock and choking the bud. And further,
as soon as the bud 1~s grown :< or 4 incahes - in midsummer in case
of June budding, in earl!. spring in case of later budding -- the
top of the seedlin g stock ahove the bud should be cut away close
enough to the bllcl SO that, the wound will heal over reaclilJ* as the
tree grows.
‘In Florida, the May and *June budding of peaches is successful
oniy when the leaives are left on the stock exceJ]t that enough to
allow the bud to be inserted may l)tA remo\~e(l. Leaves must be
left above and below t.he point of insertion. .As soon as the bud
is inserted, the top of the stock is cut back partly*, and this cutting