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Editor Rural New Yorker

In one of your recent numbers I
see a communication from Mr E. Hersey to the "N.E Farmer"
on "the time for budding. He gives a very limited
period as the proper one and says "a skillful operator
will make 75 per cent of[strikethrough] his[strikethrough] of his birds live". - Now
that would not do out west.

In this vicinity we commence working apples
as soon as the wood is ripe and continue to set buds
as long as the bark feels well which is usually till the
(latter[underlined] part[underlined]) last of September. A good budder will set about[strikethrough]
(apple[underlined] or[underlined] peach[underlined]) 1000 buds per day: and with good stocks and ripe wood
we make about 95 per cent live. - We cut the bud thus and never remove the wood though[strikethrough] of[strikethrough] course[strikethrough] some[strikethrough]
a[strikethrough] few[strikethrough] more[strikethrough] are[strikethrough] lost[strikethrough] by[strikethrough] accident[strikethrough] or[strikethrough] winter[strikethrough] killing[strikethrough]

For tiering we prefer the inner bark of the bathwood
Filia[underlined][strikethrough] americana[underlined][strikethrough] which we prepare by soaking the bark
in water for several days when the inner layers seperate
in thin sheets which are readily split into the proper
width. This has been appropriately called Nurserymans[underlined]
ribbon[underlined]. If our stock of bags[underlined] fails we use Russia
matting or woolen thrums and sometimes corn husks

For[strikethrough] budding[strikethrough] knives[strikethrough] we[strikethrough] use[strikethrough] any[strikethrough] thin[strikethrough] bladed[strikethrough] knives[strikethrough]
which[strikethrough] are[strikethrough] capable[strikethrough] of[strikethrough] holding[strikethrough] will[strikethrough] hold[strikethrough]
A thin bladed pocket knife that will hold th[strikethrough] a keen
edge makes[strikethrough] the[strikethrough] we[strikethrough] like[strikethrough] best[strikethrough] budding[strikethrough] knife[strikethrough] makes the best
budding knife. The flat ivory end is superfluous
as we open the edges of the cut with the knife point
thereby saving much time.

The bandages are removed as soon as the growth
of the tree causes them to cut[underlined] And they are all removed
in the fall any way as they greatly injure the tree if
allowed to remain all winter

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