254 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



spread out singly, side by side. With a shovel slope off the 

 furrow at an angle of forty-five degrees, place the roots of 

 the trees in the furrow, spread the roots out well, pack 

 the earth about them and water. 



Everything having been arranged for planting, remove 

 the trees from the furrow, a few at a time as needed for 

 setting, trim the roots and wrap them in a damp blanket 

 for carrying to the field. Under no consideration should 



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Fig. 61. Branching of citrus roots in the soil after 

 trimming. 



the strong sunlight or the wind be allowed to strike the 

 roots. The roots of citrus trees are extremely susceptible 

 to injury from these causes. 



In trimming the roots, remove the broken ones, cut- 

 ting them smoothly off with a sloping cut from the under 

 side. The advantage of a smoothly cut root end over 

 a torn and ragged one is that it calluses and heals much 

 more readily. From the root just back of the callus, large 

 numbers of small roots start out (fig 61), which soon 



