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CITRUS CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



Figure No. 14. 



I have often seen trees where the bark had been scorched 

 and had dried on the south side of the tree, being the result 

 of removing the brush that protected it. 



Figure No. 1 5 illustrates a high trained tree of the same age. 



Figure No. 1 5. 



In this the lower limbs have been removed, leaving a clear 

 stock, so as to allow the horse in cultivating to pass under its 

 branches, and the cultivator to work the ground close to the 

 trunk. 



