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spade down on the opposite side, the tree is pried loose 
and the earth is shaken off the roots. As they are 
taken out the roots are covered with a wet cloth or 
burlap to protect them from the sun, and placed at the 
end of the rows where they are loaded in wagons 
for delivery to local customers, or taken to the pack- 
ing house to be packed in moss and boxes for ship- 
ment. The roots on trees taken up in this manner 
are dipped in a mixture of earth and water of about 
the consistency of paint before they are packed in 
boxes or delivered to customers. This will cling to 
the roots and thoroughly protect them from wind and 
location where the danger of damaging frosts is 
slight. 
Citrus trees, especially lemons, should not be plant- 
ed where the winter temperature reaches a minimum 
of 26 degrees or lower. Trees after reaching the age 
of four to six years will stand a temperature consid- 
erably lower than this without serious injury, but a 
temperature of 26 degrees for four hours or more 
will damage the fruit to the extent of reducing the 
owner's income to a point where it is not profitable 
to grow citrus fruits, and land in such localities had 
better be used for the more hardy fruits. 
Standard commercial sizes of citrus nursery trees. 
Left to righl, 2 year buds caliper ; 1 1 inch and up ; 2 % to 1 inch; 3 ^ to %. 1 year buds: 4 
and up ; 5 ^ to ^ ; 6 % to 1 2. 
sun. We use the best sphagnum moss obtainable for 
packing and trees properly packed with it will keep 
in perfect condition for several months; in fact, we 
have had stock in transit for three months and it 
reached its destination in fine shape, and our cus- 
tomers advise us that it all grew, hence we do not 
hesitate to assure those at a distance that we can pack 
trees in this manner so that they will reach them in 
a satisfactory condition. 
SELECTING GOOD CITRUS LAND 
Too much stress cannot be placed on the im- 
portance of selecting a suitable location for the or- 
chard. While citrus trees will grow under a variety 
of conditions, it does not by any means hold that they 
will bear profitable crops under all of them. Thou- 
sands of dollars have been lost to planters by trying 
to grow orchards where soil and weather conditions 
were not favorable. To gain maximum results a 
deep, well drained, soil should be selected and in a 
The formation of the state is such that variations of 
climate occur quite frequently within short distances, 
and likewise, there are changes in character of soils 
so pronounced that it quite often happens that cer- 
tain lands in a locality may be well adapted for citrus 
culture, while just a short distance away the soil or 
climatic conditions may not be desirable for their 
growth; hence, in choosing a location, be sure that 
these two essentials are right. It is far better to pay 
a thousand dollars an acre for desirable land than to 
undertake to raise an orchard on poor land even if 
given to you. 
Water is the all important factor. It should not 
only be plentiful but the cost should be low enough 
to prevent the planter from having to stint his trees 
in order to make both ends meet. The most desirable 
lands being on the hill slopes or in protected valleys 
along the foothills, it follows that water for irriga- 
tion purposes is more expensive than for general 
farming, and usually less plentiful, and people look- 
