CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. 21 
as we wish to throw sap to the buds. After the buds are well started 
the old twigs may be gradually removed. One or two years after 
budding the young trees are ready to set in the orchard. 
Large trees may be budded if a change of variety or if a better tree 
is desired. Here the buds are inserted.into the branches (Figs. 11 
and 12), some of which are permitted to remain to insure thrift, and 
removed as the new growths from the bud become large and thrifty. 
The trunks in this case should be protected from the sun’s hot rays by 
whitewash, or by wrapping with some protecting cover. It is also well 
to protect young trees in the orchard in similar fashion. All pruning 
Vic. 10.—Showing bud inserted and the wrappings. In some cases a few limbs 
are left to promote vigor. (After Lelong.) 
of orchards should be close, and the fresh cut at once waxed over. 
In case Fuller’s rose weevil attacks the buds, as they are wont to do, 
the insects may be headed off by winding loose cotton about the trunk 
below the bud. The beetles are wingless, and so can reach the buds 
only by crawling up the trunk. The cotton will prevent this. 
Citrus trees can be started by grafting, by slips, or by layering, but 
as none of these methods are now in vogue in our citrus orchards it is 
needless to discuss them here. 
