THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA BUDDING. 



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tied with soft budding twine (although other materials, such as 

 cloth, etc., are greatly preferred by some), as shown in Fig. 8, 

 which shows the opera- 

 tion complete. Figs. 7 

 and 8 show the treat- 

 ment of the stock after 

 the bud has "taken," 

 and not at the time of 

 budding. In order to 

 start the buds it is best 

 to cut back the stocks as 

 shown in the figures, 

 leaving a portion of the 

 foliage until the buds 

 have made a good start. 

 This prevents a check of 



the flow of sap, which FlG 6 



generally is the case 



FIG. 7. FIG. 8. 



when all the leaves are removed with pthe to, causing the 



