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worked orange tree of above 15 feet high, therefore a 

 budded tree can be readily fumigated or sprayed even 

 when it attain great age. 



Secondly. The seedling will not come into bearing until the 

 7th or 8th year, whereas a healthy budded tree will come 

 into bearing and pay well in the 4th year. 



Thirdly. Because a budded tree can be planted closer than a 

 seedling, 20 ft. to 25 ft. being ample distance aapart 

 for worked citrus trees whereas a seedling should be 

 set at 30 ft. apart, thus giving a greater number of trees 

 to the acre. 



Fourthly. Because by the planting of budded trees the 

 season for harvesting the crop is considerably extended, 

 always an important point in commercial fruit growing, 

 invariably resulting in better prices. 



Fifthly. Because it is always advisable to allow the opinion 

 of other people and the trend of work being carried out 

 in other countries who are engaging in kindred 

 enterprises to influence one, and thus we find in California 

 the planting of seedling oranges practically discontinued. 

 We have ourselves worked in several Citrus Nurseries 

 there, and can truthfully say that we have never seen a 

 seedling sold. 



Again in Australia where in localities considerable attention is 

 being given to citrus growing, we find the planting of the very 

 best varieties of worked trees only being advocated, planters find- 

 ing out that they have even many varieties of budded and grafted 

 trees which are quite inferior to others. 



In Spain, in " La Vuelta " of Valencia, which is a large stretch 

 of very valuable irrigable land stretching many miles, and from 

 which the English market draw a large part of their supplies, and 

 where we ourselves saw tens of thousands of newiy planted 

 orange orchards, worked trees are being entirely planted. We 

 can only add in conclusion that buyers of oranges in the Colony 

 are quite willing, and indeed do pay in many instances double the 

 money for the fruit of the improved varieties. 



PRUNING. 



The pruning of Citrus trees is very simple ; we consider the 

 cutting away of strong water suckers and the keeping of the 

 centre of the tree open so that one can get up and pick the fruit 

 from there when the tree grows large as being all that is 

 necessary. 



We note from Californian papers that a new system of 

 pruning the lemon has taken a firm hold on the minds of some 



