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Local practice has much to do with tho choice of the laKart. Orange 

 cultivators ot a tract become accustomed by long practice to perform their 

 operations at certain times; they do everything almost automatically. 

 To shift the operations to different reasons is a difficult j >b to thorn. To 

 adapt oneself to changed conditions at a moment's notice requires consider- 

 able education aud training. The cultivator in Poona District does not as 

 a rule like the mrig-l>ahar and similaily the orange grower of Khandesh 

 does not like the ambe-bahar He is generally unwilling to purchase young 

 orange plants from Poona as they are accustomed to bear the ambe-bahar; 

 he procure s his plants from Nagpur even at a higher cost where treeg 

 usually bear the mriy-bahar. 



As regards other kinds of citrus trees, ladoo, kaw'a, &c., they are 

 treated exactly in the same manner as tantra plants. Sakharlimbu and 

 m ihalung plants bear pome crop without any special treatment ; but they 

 too have the usual bearing seasons and respond to the same treatment as 

 that given to santra and mosambi trees. The kagdi-limbu trees as a rule 

 do not require special rest ; they generally flower in the months of February 

 and ripen their fruit in July and August. Occasionally they produce 

 flowers in the month of October in addition to flowers which appear at any 

 time of the year. The trees are manured with town sweepings without 

 exposing the roots. But cases do occur where trees do not produce the 

 normal crop of flowers, or where the fruit does not develop to its normal 

 size and drops prematurely. This is generally associated with defecting 

 the soil or over- irrigation. Scab both on the fruit and branches is also a 

 fruitful source of this trouble. It is better to treat such plantations by 

 cutting off water for one month and root exposure followed by manuring 

 with town sweepings. If the trees are infested with scab they should be 

 pruned of their diseased branches and should be immediately sprayed with 

 Bordeaux mixture [see Bulletin No. 71 (1915) of the Bombay Agricultural 

 Department]. The spraying will give tone to the trees. If aphis is very 

 bai the trees should be sprayed with Incosopol* ( 1 Ib. of Incosopol to be 

 mixed with 8 gallons of water). 



Pomelo trees when they arc planted in a regular garden must be treated 

 in December with old sheep manure about three baskets (60 Ibs.) to each 

 tree. The trees do not require a severe rest or root exposure. About two 

 wee KB' rest at Christmas time will quite suffice. Flowers generally appear 

 in January and fruits ripen in November and December. 



tfadt by th Indian Cotton Oil Co., Navaari, Bombay Praudenoy. 



