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STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



The portion of the cutting above the apex of the shoot is cut 

 away, and the wound covered with either grafting wax or 

 rubber paint. The cuttings are kept in the nursery as long 

 as the grower chooses, giving them careful attention, when 

 they are taken up and planted in orchard form. 



*" We .plant the cuttings fourteen inches long and from one 

 inch in diameter up to two and a half inches, six or eight 

 inches apart in the nursery row, and the rows five or six feet 

 apart. We also make cuttings three quarters of an inch; these 

 cuttings we plant in the field where the tree is to grow perma- 

 nently. We plant diagonally that is, the top to the north 

 to keep the sunlight as much as possible from cracking open 

 the limb that is exposed. We put the cuttings about ten inches 

 deep at the foot. The cuttings are taken from the trees just as 

 soon as we pick the crop." 



Small Cuttings. This method is in all respects similar to 

 the "tip " system, except that the cuttings are made from small 

 branches. The branches must be well matured; they are cut 

 into pieces, each containing at least six leaves. The lower 

 leaves are removed, as in the "tip" method, and the upper 



Small cuttings reduced one half. 



ones trimmed off, as per illustrations. Both ends are cut off 

 close with a sharp knife, as a clean cut hastens callusing and 

 the formation of rootlets. The cuttings are taken from the 

 trees in autumn and winter and are planted in the same man- 

 ner as in the "tip" method. 



*Hon. Ellwood Cooper, Santa Barbara. 



