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tings may be set in the nursery as soon as made. This method of 

 propagation is suited to the grower who wishes to produce his own 

 stock from old trees of known quaUties. * 



During the first summer a number of sprouts form at the top of 



FifT. 5. Bundle of olive cuttings made from mature, large wood. 



the cuttings. These are allowed to grow to strengthen the root system 

 of the young plants. Just before growth begins the following spring, 

 however, all sprouts except the strongest one, which is trained into 

 the permanent tree, are removed. Such trees should be large enough 

 to transplant to the orchard by the end of the second growing season. 



SMALL CUTTINGS 



vSmall cuttings are made from young shoots, and the tips and lower 

 portions of the twigs are used. The cuttings are made four to six 

 inches long, and all the leaves removed except a few at the top (See 

 Fig. 6). They are set closely in boxes of clean sand with only the 

 leaves and tips exposed (See Fig. 7) and rooted under a lath shelter. 

 Roots form in four to six weeks, and in a few months the young plants 

 may be set in good soil in nursery rows, twelve inches apart in the 

 row and three and one-half feet between the rows. Such plants may 



