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 than the laterals of the sweet orange and it produces more 

 fibrous roots than do either of the other stocks, and conse- 

 quently the tree is a ravenous feeder. It is resistant to a 

 certain extent to the fonn of giixn disease that attacks the 

 roots of citrus trees. On the whole, the pomelo is deservedly 

 "becoming the favorite stock in Southern California, In 

 practice it has succeeded better at tiib citation than has the 

 sour stock, which seems to lack uniformity of root growth, 

 sometimes having few laterals, in w?iich case the crops are 

 small. The pomelo seedlings have made the greatest grov;th in 

 the nursery. 



The trifoliate and Otaheite stocks are used for dwarfing 

 or for small growing sorts, as many of the Japanese varieties. 

 The trifoliate orange is also one of the hardiest of the orange 

 stocks. 



Old orange trees can be top-budded with ease. It is 

 advisable to cut them back a year before the operation is per- 

 formed, in order to secure young shoois in whicli to bud. 



The Rowell method of propagating trie oraiige, named after 

 its inventor, is given here as the process is almost startling 

 in novelty, and yet very simple. Cuttings l/4 to l/2 inch in 

 diameter and 10 or 12 inches long, are taken from any healthy 

 citrus tree, and buds of any desired variety are raxt in them. 

 This is done in the house or barn, and as the cuttings are 

 budded they are plg/:ed in boxes and lightly covered with soil. 

 There they remain until wanted for planting. The cuttings 

 will form roots, but the buds will remain dormant until the 



