CHAPTER XI. 



PROPAGATING, PLANTING, BUDDING, GRAFTING, PRUNING, 



DISEASES, ETC. 



PLANTING FROM THE SEED. 



Questions are often asked, do oranges come true from the 

 seed ? The seed of the orange has seldom been known to pro- 

 duce fruit equal to that of the parent tree. If the seed of an 

 orange or lemon is planted, the fruit of that tree will be dif- 

 ferent from the fruit from which it came; it is in this way that 

 varieties are produced. However, it comes truer to seed than 

 most fruits. 



SEEDLINGS. 



Many who prefer to plant their orchards with seedlings, 

 generally select the seed from a good orange. For this the 

 Tahiti orange has been much used, and the trees grown from 

 it have produced good fruit. Where orchards are planted from 

 the same seed, many trees differ from others both in foliage 

 and in fruit. 



HYBRIDIZED SEED. 



Great care should be taken in planting seed intended to 

 grow seedlings for orchard planting. The seed should be un- 

 hybridized. In this State lemons and limes are generally 

 mixed in the orchard, or in the neighboring orchards, and bees 

 intermix the pollen of the different flowers. It is in this way 

 that worthless hybrids are produced. Therefore California 

 grown seed should never be planted to make a seedling grove. 

 They will do for stocks for budding upon. 



