CONTENTS. 



introduction- 

 Sou for the orange ... 

 Site of grove 



Propagation : budding and graftinf^ 

 Varieties 



Selection of varieties... 

 Preparation of land ... 

 Laying out the orchard 

 Digging holes and planting ... 

 Cultivation... 

 Irrigation ... 

 Pruning 



Fertilizing the orchard 

 Selection of trees from nursery 

 Removal of trees from nursery 



THE LEMON ... 



Months when lemons are scarce 

 Very large fruit not vpanted 

 Three principal points 

 Methods in California 

 A lemon grower's experience 

 Question of stoclis ... 

 The best soils 

 Range of climate 

 The different varieties 

 Laying i5>it the orchard 

 Irrigation of the lemon 

 Application of fertilizers 

 The poor man's friend 

 A lesson in pruning ... 



THE NAARTJB 



The type for export ... 

 The kid glove orange 

 Soils and stocks 

 Sites and climate 

 Varieties for planting 



THE POMELO OR GRAPE FRUIT 

 Where the grape fruit flourishes 

 Necessity for experimental work 

 What is the pomelo ?... 

 Popular in the United States ., 

 Stocks for grape fruit 

 The question of climate 

 Varieties in Soutli Africa 

 Irrigation and cultivation 

 Pruning the tree 



EXPORT OF CITRUS FRUITS .. 

 Fruit Export Act, 1914 

 Export season 

 What to export 

 How to go about exporting 

 Picking the fruit 

 Curing 

 Sorting 



Grading for size 

 Wrapping the fruit ... 

 Packing 



Marking the box 

 The future of the citrus fruit industry 

 Conclusions... 



in South Africa 



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