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needs no pruning before planting if it has been prop- 

 erly pruned in the nursery, and if planted with reason- 

 able care it will in three years reach the size of a 5 year 

 old tree planted in the old way. 



Modification No. 3: Planting Seedlings and Budding 

 in the Field. 'This method can not be practiced under all 

 conditions, and it has no real merit except in a case 

 where a planter wisheis to start a grove -cheaply. In a 

 forest all the larger trees may be taken out, leaving all 

 the brush and small growth. The lines can then be staked 

 out and a place 4 ft. square prepared at each stake. A 

 few seeds can be planted there and some mulch spread 

 over after which it can be left to take care of itself, 

 except the surplus plants should be pulled up after a few 

 months, leaving only one in a place and of course vines 

 and tall grass should be cut off occasionally so as not to 

 smother the young trees. The trees will not grow as fast 

 as in a nursery, but they may be budded when about 

 two years old, and will have the advantage over trans- 

 planted trees that they are never planted too deeply, also 

 they will be less liable to gum diseases. Of course after 

 the trees are budded they must be mulched or cultivated, 

 and a space several feet wide must be kept clean around 

 each one. 



VARIETIES OF STOCK AND BUD 



Citrus fruits can not usually be reproduced true to 

 seed, and the commercial growers plant nothing but 

 budded trees. A budded tree consists of two parts, the 

 lower part originating from the seed which is called 

 the stock, and the upper part, originating from the bark 

 of another tree which is called the bud or the scion. 



