San Dimas Citrus Nurseries 



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Planting the Seed Bed Stock 



PLOT OF 100 000 FLORIDA SOUR SEEL) BED STOCK SOWN IN DRILLS. 



PRESERVING THE SEED UNTIL READY FOR USE. 

 To insure good results the seed should not be allowed to become 

 dry after being taken from the fruit, but should be healed in 

 moist sand in a cool place, or kept in water, and changing the water 

 frequently to avoid having the seed sour. It can be kept for a 

 considerable length of time by either of these methods. Great 

 care must be taken in handling the seed so as not to bruise it 

 to any extent. 



PLANTING THE SEED. The best season in the year for 

 planting orange seed is in the early spring months, much depend- 

 ing on the season; preferably from March to May. If the soil 

 is cold the'seed is'apt to decay in the ground before germinating. 



It is much better to wait until the warm weather has commenced- 

 The ground should be kept moist after the seed is planted so as 

 to insure its germinating properly. 



PREPARING THE SEED BED. In preparing the seed-bed 

 for the seed, the ground should be well plowed or forked up to 

 a depth of at least twelve inches, leaving the soil as loose as 

 possible. After preparing the land in this manner, it is necessary 

 to erect a lath house of sufficient size to cover the ground to be 

 used for a bed, or to cover same over with burlap or light cloth 

 of some kind. In erecting the lath house, it is best to use common 

 plaster laths, nailing them on 1x3 battons with space left between 

 each lath the width of the lath. In this manner the ground is 









PLOT OF 200,000 SWEET SEEDLING SEED BED STOCK SOWN IN DRILLS. 



