Grafting

Giafting ia an operation that had tter be done too late tlian too early. 'he best time is when the buds on the tock are swelling, and iL necessary nay be eontinued until the trees are in 'uil bloom. At this season the bark lips readily, and much care will be re[uired when sawing off a limb, not to aake a bad wound by peeling down. Thia can be prevented in great part by cutting through the bark with a strong mife all round the limb where the saw s to go. Buds should be left upon the stock until the union of the graft is nsured, which will be known by the buds of the graft starting into growth. After this rub off the buds upon the stock. The growth of the graft will need some attention; should but a sin;le bud start, and push upward very rapidly, a long slender shoot will be )roduced, easily blown about by the wind and thereby loosened from the stock. All such will require checking )y pinching off the top so that lateral )ranches may be formed. Thereseems ,o be a strong desire to give the trees the second place on the land, and put some other erop first. Those who do not care enough for an orchard to devote the land to it, should not plant one. Young trees, not yet in bearing, are not injured by having some hoed erop between them. But when the irees begin to bear a fair erop they deserve and should have all the soil. A clover cropto be fed off by pigs is the best thing for the orchard and for the pigs. This will enrich the soil, as the jnly thing removed is in the shape of Qesh, while a largeamount of vegetable matter in clover roots and manure has