400 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



from abroad ; it enables the grower to handle a large number of 

 plants in a small space, and the plants from small cuttings have 

 a symmetrical root system quite resembling that from a seed. 

 These cuttings are made from very small shoots and both the 

 tips and the lower cuts are used. In the engraving the figure on 

 the lower left is a tip cutting; the next, a cutting lower down the 

 shoot. These figures are about natural size, and show clearly 

 how the cuttings are made. They are placed closely in boxes 



Propagating the Olive by small cuttings. 



of sand about four inches deep, and after a few months are potted 

 in small pots, or may be reset farther apart in boxes of soil or 

 in the open ground. In January or February, the wood seems 

 to be in the best condition in Berkeley, but such condition may 

 come at other times in other parts of the State. From such cut- 

 tings the trees will be of good size for planting in permanent place 

 the next year. It is very important to take the small cuttings 

 just when the wood is in the right condition, not too soft nor 

 too hard. How to determine this point can not be described ; it 

 must be learned by experience. 



Growing Trees from Truncheons. New varieties secured 

 from the south of Europe generally come in the shape of trun- 

 cheons, which are long sticks of hard wood. They may be planted 

 entire, or be sawn and split into large cuttings (for olive cuttings, 

 even in firewood shape, will grow if properly treated), though 



