338 CALIFORNIA FRUITS! HOW TO GROW THEM 



Propagating the Olive by small cuttings. 



How to determine this point can not be described ; it must be learned 

 by experience. 



Growing Trees from Truncheons. New varieties secured from 

 the south of Europe generally come in the shape of truncheons, which 

 are long sticks of hard wood. They may be planted entire, or be 

 sawn and split into large cuttings (for olive cuttings, even in firewood 

 shape, will grow if properly treated), though better trees come from 

 small cuttings. If the truncheons are bedded a few inches below the 

 surface in moist, warm soil, shoots will appear which can be worked 

 up into small cuttings when they reach the proper condition. 



BUDDING THE OLIVE 



Since the planting of a large area of Redding Picholines and the 

 fruit found to be that of a wild or poor seedling olive and not a superior 

 named variety, there has been a demand for working over the trees 

 into better varieties. Besides, many of the imported varieties have 

 proved disappointing and a change to a variety profitable in the region 

 is imperative. The method of budding commonly employed with fruit 

 trees does not usually yield a high percentage of success with the 

 olive, and other ways have been adopted with much better results. 



Budding may be performed at any time of the year when the sap 

 flows freely. If done late in the summer, the buds lie dormant through 

 *he winter. Best results are obtained when the buds are inserted 



