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CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. 



again, the first year the trees must never feel the want of water. As 

 with young animals, dwarfed in youth, always dwarfed. 



The second season the trees must be pruned to form a head that is 

 shapely, but this pruning should be as light as possible to produce a 



FIG. 14. Orange tree headed low. (Photo by A. D. Shaznel.) 



symmetrical tree, as the abundant foliage is of signal use at this 

 period. In Italy the trees are headed high (Fig. 13), so that one can 

 walk under the lower limbs. The practice of lower heading (Fig. 14) is 

 much to be preferred. The lower branches should leave the trunk at 

 varying heights to avoid crotches and splitting. 



