The same tree 



pruned. 



Note that it was 



cut back severely. 



Shortening in 



the branches 



having an upward 



tendency, will 



cause 



the tree to round 

 out uniformly. 



Actual experiments have proven that trees grown on this 

 stock come into bearing sooner, produce heavier crops when 

 the trees are young, with no tendency to change in this 

 respect as the trees attain age, and although the development 

 of the tree is somewhat slower, it is indicated more by the 

 close compact growth and not as is erroneously believed the 

 trees will not grow into typical orchard shape. That the trees 

 do bear regularly and heavily; that they do mature their 

 oranges earlier, and that the orchards are up to the standard 

 of those grown on other roots, we have actual examples of to 

 prove our assertions from trees now in full bearing which 

 were grown by us. In most cases where the tendency of a 

 stock is to dwarf the tree on which it is worked, the stock 

 will be smaller than the body of the tree. With the Trifoliata 

 root the very opposite is the case. 



PRUNING 



Our citrus trees are headed at about twenty-eight inches 

 from the ground, hence all that is necessary for the planter 

 to do is to shorten the branchlets to about six inches and to 

 thin them out, not leaving more than six if they have a 

 tendency to be overcrowded. 



Trees headed at four feet or more should be cut back to 

 28 inches for the purpose of forming a new head. High 

 headed trees are always objectionable, for they not only 

 expose much of the stem causing sunburn, but in addition 

 to this the tree is retarded in acquiring a sturdy compact 

 growth. In pruning, above all things do not be deceived 

 into the idea that the trees must be thinned out to admit 

 air and sun. The tendency of nearly all the budded varieties 

 is to droop, so in shaping the tree cut to a lateral which has 

 an upward tendency. 



An orange tree for the first four years of its existence does 

 not require thinning out as is the case with deciduous trees, 

 but it does need systematic .shortening in of the rampant 

 growing branches which draw it out of shape. This cutting 

 may be carried on in the summer months and then again 

 in the spring just before the trees start to make their new 

 growth. Although the principle of pruning the orange tree 

 is the very opposite of that employed in shaping deciduous 

 trees, we cannot too emphatically lay stress on the extreme 

 importance of the free use of the pruning shears in the 

 shaping of an orange tree. Unless lateral branches from 

 the main body of the tree are actually interfering with 

 each other, do not cut them out, but leave them alone to lend 

 their aid. in formine: a fine compact, well rounded head. It is 

 no trouble to cut them out in later years when they cease to 

 be fruitful. If you want to grow big crops of oranges don't 

 expect it by having all of your fruit on the outside of your 



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