semi- mtorfc cAirFOrtyf i- 
40 
_ , _ . " *» In would he BdrittiW** however, where .Ui«g*) Missir.n t.rcharj in .. 
J?UHt. ilhercJetwo or more vigorous shoots of that li" had p*tJwrod from » s,.n.. tn 
^ T - - . ahtrat tJw aani* si.* and height froifl tho two y an. m succession, over 1 ..M gallons .,i 
j mi me outline, to pinch (ho tops of all ex- benic- l have also . 
cepting the Sne U> I* loft for the future tree* m my nroh* 
' tree to hh to throw more foreft and rigor etolt- yeans. I he fruit-bcniing . u, I.. 
ib|k’ inmu to l„ the f..Hosrin* _aprin ( r,!«wlr.. | l-d h. V the pnining. 
OLTVS OULTDKE. 
t?Y El.t-WOOD COOCRR, SANTA HABIUtiA 
observed that some 
v orchards have borne well > 
I tllflrtwit person* i 
country concerning t 
growth, care, propagation 
I sufficiently i will flnt forget that tin* shoots or hranehc* 
. to t»c must lu 1 two years old before they will give 
fruit j hem*.* partial fmninig • very year 
will pi'' |uiiii.il crops. My oldest orchard 
has planted February VI, I 8 «V. At four 
_,toy part of the | when the groi 
olive trW. the i dry, nil sprouts nscflpting the t 
i, period of fruit preserved should be can-full)' removed, 
bearing, oil making and pickling, the fcmoi -1 tJnjr- th-uu off close to the cutting. 1 he top 
i-ial prospect, et>'., inilu s me to nitU* n.v ] ernf of the cut tmg ehoultl also be removed , 
of ytriir paper as a in. o' ..nawcriife the! n, the aid of a sharp saw. A p ot should years I gathered front H»me " f "ees 
inquiries. 1 propose, in a s. rice of arMcl.■ hr tirwily planted, turn the tree Uitn he : over •"•> gallons or bori us. m l.s.-m,, 
to give all the knowh-ilga J p.-»*es‘, based j well secured, to keep the trunk straighl , ihirtjf gulloii* eiteh oil u few ol ihe heat Ire. a, 
upon my cxpei ieni .' as well as informal ' in and avoid any disturbance of the nails, Wild I the ofeluipd then being only six yours old. 
obtained from earofol reading ol llm b< rt | should be kept until I he i re- four nr ti re j I n 1|79, tin- seventh STW, the crop was 
hooks that have been published on tbe tub-j years old. By adopting (his method • not nearly so lurgr. I had planted scv.u-id 
jer;t propagation." | groat deal of lime will he saved and batter l tiimnutnd viiaing* m the spring of 
The common and prefc rred mrtluwi is to j trims secured. The lateral brnoclu? should j but those trees jnl not give at six ye.n i 
plant, the cuttings, 'hl i'ii from grown "_ r i lie ullnwud to grow until the tree is two nr n-silltl eipial to the fitsl planting. The 
trees of found woovl, fnun three i|iniriara ol throe years old; but in every cm* when 
diameter to otto and a hall,,my of ms id bnttiahea am rapidly making 
inches, and from fourteen to sixteen im le 
long. These cuttings should be taken fmii 
the tree* during the month* of Ibrown l., 
and ./anuary, neatly trimmed without him- 
ing, and carefully trenched in lotnu,sandy 
wood, tlury should be ranmved, i 
I allowed tu rub the trunk. 
id not lie 
tup (IMSIt) ifctpiiit- good; the old 
»-*t or hurtl now being eight years and I 
think I do not over estimate when I statu 
that the yield of Bottle of the bun and lull* 
In tho pruning dining the first yearn, e*t fn-e- will be over forty gal Iona. Tie ! 
have i.nly tli.- one object in view—that is, largo enough to give this quantity of fruit, 
all the woody growth into one! planted at a distance of twenty lect, will 
soil; a shady place preferred. 1 hey should i iiintn trunk. Tins being ilnne, the tr. r j occupy nearly ull tho ground,. 
be planted in (leruutnciil sites from Fab 
ary Vtlth to March Villti, depending upon 
tho season. The ground should ho well 
prepared, and sufficiently dry bo that them 
is no mud and the wcaihci wai'ui. lu Sunlit 
IJ,uburn, near the (toast, no irrigation is 
necessary; but very frequent stirring of the 
top anil with a hou or mm rake lor a cn 
Biilezablc distance around the cuttings is 
necessary during tho spring and aura no 
three fourth 
id til*. 
n tho ground butt end down and at an ; 
will naturally form a beautiful shape. The (give ,,11 the fruit thal can lie, produced > 
eulliv ator must not look at the- tree of to- j one Here-, An nrcboftl bearing Uniformly 
lay o* to-iiH.rr.iw, bill the tree • ( t> n years j the ipiuntity as uhuve would give tin* lob 
hnnev. All bfitnehta tu the height of five I lowing nvviilt ; One hundred trees lothu 
to live ami a half feet sl.nuld by removed, J nere, at forty galloua mu h, 4,000 gallons. 
~ij as t.n ndroit of clone eultivation by. Thi» would bo an cnorinuus crop, unpre- 
l'" r ' H,, ‘- •‘ , , s planted at the dwtanc* of i efdenti-il, and far bnvcmil Huy statistic# 
livmii feet, and well kept, will in ten I given in Kirropc.m publications." Tint nnc- 
veiir* touch each olllPf. When.this enmli fuOf»ll of tile■ rjuanlity Nearly would boa 
lion is nsaebud they will bo in full bearing, I vtiry proKfftblc crop. 
55S57 
rig tmek- it l* much easier and less ' i-nUti.il treav ..r tri es ,,r M 
" j tvlrptuai 
V f "r ■T,r , "i... ‘r ;. . .. *««*«*>*' .......mi.»rj, rW ,i „ 
I22.V. * T' I 1 'V", ■ a ........ I.. n-;., ,„J ,r....s,.?r tr..., J.. 
ivtisrA ;;Hi 'r w - \: ,n . .*.. iS i., n gs :! ss,r.‘i 
mi... a greater quantity tu tho <tr.i than tinned in the fi-ari Diego .Mission orchard as 
m bi produced un.b-r any other uondi- j yivMtn.. 130 gallons of l.errie, wa! 
r thun 11 lie feet ttiBlui.i . ■ I.. 
Uit- north, bandy eovorod. Mark the pi.e 
with a stake. By planting them obliqm Iy, 
tlw bottom nul will be from ten iueln 
Uno f(>ot below the aiirlaro. In fiairupeiiie 
ilea* an- planted from ->? t., :t3 feel oj.mI. 
My reason* for clowtr planting will begi n 
in a mibhi .pu nt artn'le. 
All tree#, as a rula, ghoulJ be propa • 
gated from wievlr, Tin- routs ate 
*) imn»ific*l, the (n!«s nut so liable to be 
Jdown over, Bin) the growth more hetthldul, 
bnl 1 have not Unm eutksva.ful In gcnjduat I 
ing thein; honoe, ] rvunaiturnd ihw fullin ' | 
D the tree* are propagated from 
budding or grafting i r unuucrMary. I hnv : 
B'cn the statement that it wn* 1 
that |be av vds should pass tlunug). 11,• 
abauaeh of bird* b«forti they cofdd I.. 
ej<iuuted; also that by soaking in ... 
lyt the sprouting would be sutured 
h“V0 nut seen lb.- n-snlf u| either «xn 
inent, and accept the ststeniunu with n 
a ifiktrum. I presume cuttii g* M n In j lwl1 K ' v 
td frou. any of the MUsi-.n orch'.nl 
soutbero counties. 
tlUIIB. 
riunu- nrcburd* in Knrcipc ar 
“tllrtcs;” that is, ihrco trt»ee ii 
_ ., . -Ilium 
jthani fifty feet di*uni from thusu aurroumi* 
... . ,|,„f i, , , - - - -•■•‘••I. place, j My ngenl, while trawling in ICuropn 
" Ctiolr T,! "‘'J . . —umd a frit- 
| art. This metfind would n-igroff.ng in the “Alpw M.intinus" (hut 
was Bight feet iii dnnnctei six feet above 
-j"ii- tin. rows to be (hirty-ilimc to thirty 
l.v. feet distant, and would give about fhr, 
Hanm r.ipnlmr uf trQca to the aero m. by 
planting at twenty feet, nnc live In each 
phii-c. It i* daiinod liiat by planting in 
this Way no Staking is mprirud, thu irms 
pmlci'ting one tmothcr from tin; miist vio¬ 
lent wiml stormsi thr trimming is aiiiipli 
ln.il, ninl less nnro and labor remiired * 
the cultivmion. 
the fli iund, and al tin; ground liftc 
ni dtriiiu l. r Only a few truce of ■ 
sbtt) could Im gmwii on orin ai:m. 
(f ’iihlin til'll ,) 
. f. **t 
obtain 
•WVIT MRAItmu. 
glowing from cutting^, will pro- 
it the lourth year, anti aoiiteimies, 
Jn most favorable ciruunistaiiftos. 
a few berries the third yesr. 
the habit of tlm tree t 0 overbea'i, a,.,] 
M , Tr ‘* 1 ' 
; rlituu fri 
! utidor 
Da 
nrt'hai 
I'.H.Nnn 
rKi'Mjni. 
Tl»y cutting will throw 
r vprouts, «dt < 
Of tk„ Vop aff.,, .- - M y »!? . MWittou. to this rule ... l 
plowing is eschewed i„ the orange 
of Auatralia, for iht? following 
Aa the rout* of the orange Iren 
rwml) pone Irate to «„y depth, but id.. I 
UlYamd.ly r.m near tho aurfaon of the 
ground, nn digging or even deep hoeing 
must be resorted to to keep the land I'M .■ 
'•e.-ut is veribud by the’i.i««t reliable booka ll '° ^“'"d, and the mi l. 
1^“^'. 
near tho surface gel the benefit „f the 
m not injured by the viiln 
-ptions to this rule iu T’alifor-1 utoisi,, 
-Jr. Dtscia, who hud charge of the ban | vator. 
