THE OEANGE IN CALIFORNIA — BUDDING. 



tied with soft budding t\Yine (although other materials, 

 cloth, etc., are greath' preferred by some), as shown in 

 which shows the opera- 

 tion complete. Figs. 7 

 and S show the treat- 

 ment of the stock after 

 the bud has "taken,'' 

 and not at the time of 

 budding. In order to 

 start the buds it is best 

 to cut back the stocks as 

 shown in the figures, 

 leaving a portion of the ,. 

 foliage until the buds 

 have made a good start. 

 This prevents a check of 

 the flow of sap, which 

 generally is the case 



such as 

 Fig. 8, 



1 ^ 



Fig. 7. Fig. 8. 



when all the leaves are removed with pthe to, causing the 



