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; publication entitled "Tree Fruit Bmh buds {md. grafts um S°?°m`°]l
Varieties for Kentucky" has been mapped OY hed and guiits Zim
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. _ _ Standard varieties of apples, élllly be (lOIl€ by tll€ 0\\'I`l€I‘ if lw
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j i and neetariues, adapted to Ken- 8 few t;€€§ llc \\'Olll(l llike '(0 l·lZl\'•,‘ D
·· ' tuck conditions, and in addition top gra te to some ot ier variety.
- disegsses the merits of several new l\I8!1y pltlllilllgs of (l€liCl0lls and O!
` ; varieties of diiereut fruits winesap need some other variety DMC
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L, V will fill a long felt need for a pub- that bears heavily and regularly i¤J¤
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_ , receive a copy when it comes from budded on to other trees. ball
  i the press, address your request to X\'hile it is most satisfactory iu me
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""_" orrowers take rrreat ride in bud- ‘
=, I _ SUMMER BI_;%!%I&G OF FRUIT {ding some nufsery sllock of their ix;
  *§ own. The late Mr. Mark Ligon.
    The Operation of fruit tree bud- fruit grower of Sedaliia in Graves 22;
j i   ding is Very Simple, and is easy to County, was deeply interested in me
{ V ~   perform_ Budding) along yvith budding and taught several group~ L_
  ;_ ,· — grafting is used by our nurseries of 4-H club boys how to do _tlu~ bm;
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    ing is also easy to master. In iuthisliue- - · ’°.
, `· ‘`·,   budding, We simply transfer a live The budding season is just ahead Ei?
  bud from a known variety to a of us. Instructions can be had E
    stock or seedling and when this from several U.S.D.A. bulletins M55
  v_  bud grows, it develops into the on Plant P1·opogation and from and
    i, same kind of fruit as was produced most any text on fruit growing. hm
  ·`·‘   011 the tree it was taken from. It is hoped that more growers and bore
      Budding is usually done during their sons take up this p1·actit#r. OH,
_ `',`_   " the latter part of the summer or It will make of them better fruit the
3   early fall, while the bark is "slip- growers and horticulturists. The but
  ·t `i,`   ping". In grafting we transfer a requirements are, material to work The
    _ short portion of last season’s new with, a sharp knife (any pocket reee
g. — ei, growth which contains 'several knife will do), a fair understand- as
  _`   , ‘ buds to the stock or seedling. It ing of what is to be done, and zi {eee
t ~ ll ·' then grows and produces the same willingness to practice and learn. or E
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