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 cultivation. The water sy.stera must Tje under coinnlete control, 



so that waste and over ir^ igation can "be avoided. The soils 



of the orange sections vary considera"bly in respect to the 



percentaf'e of sand, decomposed granite, liriiestone, or red 



oxide of iron which is claimed to give hig}i color to the, fruit, 



"but all are suited to irrigation and have a poroiis well-drained 



sutsoil, 



(1) The Ordinary Transplanting Method, The almost uni- 

 versal method of moving young orange trees from the mirsery is 

 to c\it off a large part of the top, leaving short, stuhs of 

 ■branches, and even from these the leaves are sometimes stripped. 

 This, of course, is to "balance the loss of a large part of the 

 root system at the time of transplanting and to lessen evapo- 

 ration. Twenty or thirty gallons of water are usually given 



to each tree at the time of planting. If the leaves do not 

 fall after the trees have "been planted a short time, "but show 

 a disposition to turn yellow, they should "be reiaoved, 



(2) The Rer.d System of Transplanting. Much 'better 

 results are obtained loy the method adopted by one Mr. Reed of 

 California. According to his method vigorous trees are select- 

 ed in the nursery, and are well watered "before removal. The 

 longer branches are "but slightly cut hack, leaving most of the 

 foliage on. The trees are then lifted with large "balls of 

 earth, and are taken directly to the plantation, where holes 

 two feet deep and two and a half feet wide have "been prepared, 

 into which they are placed, and the earth is vrell filled in 

 around each ball, not firmed, "but settled with water, so that 



