BUD VARIATION" IN THE EUREKA LEMON. 
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In from 10 days to 2 weeks after the buds have been inserted 
they will have united with the limbs, and the wounds in the limbs 
will have healed. At this time the limbs in which the buds have 
been placed should be cut off about 6 inches above the buds and all 
other limbs removed from the trees. In some instances one limb, in 
addition to those which were budded, is allowed to remain for a year 
after budding, in order to preserve somewhat the balance of the 
tree and to act as a nurse limb, so to speak, for the budded limbs. 
Fig. 21. — A typical lemon tree of the Shade-Tree strain of the Eureka variety, top-worked with fruit- 
bearing hud wood from a tree of the Eureka strain in June, 1911. The original unproductive top has been 
replaced with a productive one bearing fruit of the finest quality . The freeze of January, 1913, severely 
injured this tree and retarded its development. Photographed in February, 1915. 
When the limbs have been cut off, the cut surfaces should be covered 
immediately with grafting wax, asphaltum, or other protective 
material. The trunk and parts of the limbs left after cutting should 
be thoroughly coated with whitewash, in order to protect them from 
injuries due to sunburn. After a year the stubs of the rebudded 
limbs should be cut back again, making a smooth sloping cut and 
leaving only one sprout from one bud on each limb. The cut sur- 
faces should again be covered immediately with some protective 
material. 
