THE OLIVE 



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as not to interfere with each other. In the spring of the third year, 

 again open the trench, and out off any sprouts that may have started 

 on the mother cuttino;. Also, if the lower branches of the two or 

 three shoots of the year before, interfere with cultivation, or are grow- 

 ing out of proportion to the tree, prune them as may be necessary. 



In the month of March of the fourth year, the plants will be suf- 

 ficiently advanced to serve as truncheons. Again the trench is un- 

 covered, uutil the union of the truncheon with the wood originally 

 planted, is visible. Seizing this, with a steady pull, tear it from the 

 mother, and with it, will come away some roots, and part of the orig- 

 inal bark and wood. These are most necesary to its j)erfect root- 

 ing. We now have a truncheon, and it must be planted in the man- 

 ner heretofore described. 



The original wood, from which there has been torn one, two, or 

 three young trees, will put out fresh shoots immediately, and go on 

 producing other trees, and the treatment must be the same as that 

 already described. 



GRAFTS. 



The olive can be grafted in several ways ; two methods are the 

 most appropriate — crown and shield grafting. In crown grafting 

 the operation is performed when the buds are grown a third of an 

 inch long. Cut horizontally the head of the stock, or the branches 

 only of the second or third order, according to the age of the tree, 



