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as to allow free access to the limbs in which the buds are to be placed. 

 Usually from three to five strong limbs should be selected which can 

 furnish the framework for the new top. The buds should be in- 

 serted iu the limbs from 1 to 2 feet from the forks. Two buds are 



Fig. 14. — Unproductive lemon tree of the Villa Franca variety top-worked with buds of the Lisbon 

 strain. The photograph was taken one year after the budding was done and soon afterwards the main 

 framework limbs were again cut back and only one growth from the rebuds was left on each limb. This 

 tree and the one shown in figure 13 are in the same orchard and were top-worked at the same time. 



generally placed in each limb, and as one of these buds is likely to 

 develop if this method is followed a perfect stand usually can be ob- 

 tained. In about 10 days or two weeks after the buds have been 

 inserted they will form a union with the limbs and the wounds will 



