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limbs are made strong enough to overtake those which are 

 strong already, and how new ones are raised at any desired 

 position, may be seen in the various orchards of Mr. G. O. 

 Hilton, and on the u Ana Belle" ranch of Mr. T. F. Jones, all 

 of which are situated in the " Lemon Villa" tract of the San 

 Diego Mesa, where new limbs from one and a half to two 

 inches thick have been raised in less than two years, notwith- 

 standing the exceptionally dry seasons. 



When the necessary well-placed limbs have been obtained, 

 the most eligible ones are selected for structural purposes, 

 future fruit, whereas the others are reserved for present fruit 

 only. 



The same remarks apply to Fig. 2; and as to Fig. 3, 

 although at present it looks to be the most unlikely thing out 

 of which to evolve a good tree, it will nevertheless make the 

 best structure and get into shape quicker than either of the 

 other two. All that is wanted to make it perfect would be to 

 have the two branches right and left in the picture not located 

 so nearly opposite to each other. 



On each of these three arched branches two suckers are 

 allowed to run, say one about one foot and the other sixteen 

 inches from the trunk (all other growth being suppressed), 

 and when properly matured these suckers are similarly arched, 

 one to the right and one to the left of the respective original 

 three branches, which by this time will be set into position and 

 may therefore be shortened in, leaving to each a sufficiently 

 long projecting stub to which the corresponding newly 

 arched suckers may be fastened, and thus no longer obstruct 

 the ground below. There will then be three main branches, 

 each subdivided into two secondary branches, giving six 

 structural points around a circle; and by a succession of 

 similar operations these are in due time doubled to make 

 twelve, and so on, always remembering to leave sufficient 

 space between each of these fan-like main branches so as to 

 allow a man to crawl through them and get into the middle of 

 the tree to command the inside surface as far as he can reach. 



Everything, in fact, is reduced to a perfect system, rendering 

 the work a pleasure rather than a toil. 



Plates XX and XXI commend themselves, but here the 

 structural frame is not visible at all, or the effect would proba- 

 bly be as startling as in the three cases discussed above. Of 



