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on trees exposed to the weather begin to break. If the 

 moss is too wet the cions will become water soaked and 

 worthless. When cutting cions from cion sticks the low- 

 est few inches should be discarded, because the buds are 

 inferior and may not start at all. The tips are often im- 

 mature and should also be discarded. 



284. Shipping cions long distances.— The following method of 

 shipping mango cions from Ceylon, India, to Washington, D. C, 

 recommends itself to shippers of other cions. The cut ends of the 

 cions were covered with collodion, the bud sticks dipped in clay 

 mud, packed with a small amount of moist coir (refuse cocoanut 

 fiber) and forwarded in cylindrical tin tubes. 



