THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA BUDDING. 



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soft twine or rope either to the remaining portion of the stock 

 or to laths driven alongside. By this practice the trees will 

 grow straight and symmetrical. 



Growing Budded Trees in the Nursery Without Staking. 



The buds are allowed to grow till they show signs of drooping. 

 They are then pinched at the top. The growth is arrested; 

 the stock becomes firm and erect. The bud starts several new 

 growths. One of these growths, generally the center, is allowed 

 to make an upward growth and the rival growths removed. 

 As this growth advances and, like the first, begins to droop, 

 it is again pinched, when it again assumes an upright position 

 and starts its multiple growths. From these, as before, is- 

 selected a growth to further advance the height of the tree. 

 When the tree has arrived at its proper height for the crown, 

 allow all the growths from the last pinching to remain and the 

 tree to form its desired head. Trees grown in this manner are 

 stronger than those that have had the support of stakes. 



WORKING OVER LARGE ORANGE TREES. 



Large orange trees 

 are somewhat diffi- 

 cult to bud, owing to 

 the extreme thick- 

 ness of the bark and 

 the inactivity of flow 

 of sap at the space 

 where the buds are 

 generally inserted. 

 Neither does the 

 bark "slip" as easily 

 as on y o u n g e r 

 stocks. Three meth- 

 ods of working over 

 large trees are prac- 

 ticed in the southern 

 citrus counties. One 

 is to bud into the 

 large limbs near the 

 crotch; the second is 



Orange tree budded over, showing the buds start- 

 ing, and trunk whitewashed for protection. 



