The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-01-04

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Abundance, Burbank, Red June, Santa
Rosa, Green Gage Gold, Damson or any
other variety. If you have any of these
growing on your farm or if you don't
have any perhaps some neighbor might
supply you with just a limb or two.
Take small limb or two from the
thrifty part of the tree and of the present
years growth. Water sprouts will be
good if they grow well up on the limbs
When you have secured your sprouts
you must cut off all the leaves, leaving
the stems about one half inch long
Then you must wrap them in damp
moss or moist grass and kept in cool
place until you desire TO begin budding
You can bud your plum into the peach,
plum or almond Seeding. At a distance
of four inches from the ground cut with
sharp knife the bark straight across
for about one third the way around the
young Seeding. Then in the centre of
this cut, start with the knife and run
cut down for about one inch. The two
cuts will make a cross with each other
like the capital letter T. Then with
some dull instrument, peel the bark
back just little from the top on both
sides so the bud may be placed under
the bark. We use dull instrument in
peeling back the bark to keep from in
juring heyoung growing layer just be-
meath the bark. This instrument may
be made from a splinter fiattered and
sharpened with rounded edge and COR
ners.
In order to get your bud you may now
take a sharp knife and start TO cut about
half inch about the place on the sprout
where you cut off the leaf The bud
is located in the little pit just above
this leaf stem. Cut down carefully and
smoothly from the point, half inch
above to point about half inch be-
low the bud, gradually bringing the
knife to the surface. You must be
sure to cut little deeper than the bark
Cut a little of the wood with the bud.
Now take this bud by the leaf stalk and
put it into the place provided for it in
the Seeding. Shove it down between
and under the two pieces of bark you
peeled back until it fits tight. Then
draw the bark as nearly together over
it as possible. You can wrap it around
carefully with rophia muslin strips cut
one half inch wide and dipped in graft
ing wax or with corn husks cut in strips
and moistened. Wrap over the whole
cut with the single exception of the
place where the bud and the leaf stem
are located. These must not be covered
up. If these directions are carefully
carried out, the bud will begin to grow
in just few days. When the bud is
fully set and has start of perhaps an
inch the wrapping should be removed
and the Seeding should be cut off just
above the young growing bud. Be care
full in cutting that you use very sharp
knife so as not TO disturb or move the
bud and thus sever the connection. This
will continue to grow until late October
and in many cases will be three feet
high by that time.
In November you can reset it in your
orchard your yard or along your fences
on the farm.
If you so desire you can let it grow in
your garden or nursery for another year
and then put it out. 1t will be little
surer to grow and do well if set in the
orchard in November after the first
seasons growth. In the spring cut about
one third off the top and all the side
branches. This win cause the side
branches to form in abundance and will
give a foundation for forming good
head the next summer. In the Novem-
Der following or just one year from set
ting in the orchard, all limbs should be
cut back leaving them only from four to
ten inches long. One year from that
date or two years from setting they
should be trimmed back somewhat with
a view to forming nice vase shaped
tree. In the following summer you