Mr. McCoy: Not for two or three weeks.
(Mr. McCoy now gives a demonstration in budding.)
We will suppose this is a seedling and I want to bud it. I place my budder on like that. Now I have got my shield up. Now I lay my budder on the stock something like that.
Mr. Smith: Why not wrap over the bud?
Mr. McCoy: Because it will injure it. It is essential to cover all the cut surface you can. Make it waterproof at the top, and have it open at the bottom.
Mr. Potter: How long does that stay on the bud?
Mr. McCoy: I don't know as that makes any difference unless you want to force the bud.
Mr. McElderry: When do you take that off?
Mr. McCoy: I don't know as that makes any difference. I have thousands of them that have been on five or six weeks. I take it off when action begins. It varies, it may be two weeks and it may be six and it might be six months. If you have maximum budding conditions generally the tree itself will tell the story. We frequently take it off and have to rewrap.
Mr. W. C. Reed: Would ten days be too quick?