BUD VARIATION IN THE EUREKA LEMON. 



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In from 10 days to 2 weeks after the buds have been inserted 

 they will have united with the limbs, and the womids in the lim])s 

 will have healed. At this time the limbs in which the buds have 

 been placed should be cut off about 6 inches above the buds and all 

 other limbs removed from the trees. In some instances one limb, in 

 addition to those which were budded, is allowed to remain for a year 

 after budding, in order to preserve somewhat the balance of the 

 tree and to act as a nurse limb, so to speak, for the budded limbs. 



Fig. 21.— a typical lemon tree of the Shade-Tree strain of the Eureka variety, top-worked ■with fruit- 

 bearing bud wood from a tree of the Eureka strain in June, 1911. The original unproductive top has been 

 replaced with a productive one bearing fruit of the finest quality. The freeze of January, 1913, severely 

 injured this tree and retarded its development. Photographed in February, 1915. 



When the limbs have been cut off, the cut surfaces should be covered 

 immediately with grafting wax, asphaltum, or other protective 

 material. The trmik and parts of the limbs left after cutting should 

 be thoroughly coated with whitewash, in order to protect them from 

 injuries due to smiburn. After a year the stubs of the rebudded 

 limbs should be cut back again, making a smooth sloping cut and 

 leavmg only one sprout from one bud on each limb. The cut sur- 

 faces should agaui be covered immediately with some protective 

 material. • 



