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‘THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
JOHNSON & sendae 
June. 1, 1908 
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Treatment of Orange-trees 
By G. Quinn. 
- Owing to the continued dry weather, : 
growers of oranges need to exercise con-— 
siderable carein the treatment of these 
trees, as the ground has to a great extent 
- been dried out, and scarcely contains 
sufficient water to enable the trees to 
carry forward their crop One who has 
been in the habit of ettending to decidu- 
_ ous trees, which are now going to rest, and 
are better allowed to stand slightly Say 
at the roots, may be apt to overlook the 
fact that the citrus. tree presents opposite 
characteristics as regards the season when 
it requires careful ‘attention and abun- 
dance of moisture. Citrus trees are ap- 
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proaching the time when they must with- 
stand the greatest strain, as the fruits 
approach their fall s‘ze,and consequently 
no check in the supply of water at the — 
roots should be allowed to take place. 
_ Planting of deciduous trees will begin 
now the rains have come, Thie is no 
doubt that in almost every locality the 
best time to transplant young trees is 
while warmth still remains in the soil. 
This is irrespective of whether tha tree has 
shed its foliage or not. When placed into 
warm scil, while the top goes to rest and 
sheds the leaves, if they still remain at 
the time of transplanting, the root system 
~ starts afresh, and develops a fine lot of 
young fibres ‘before the temperature of the 
grouud falls too low to stimulate such 
activity, With the return of warmth in 
the spring the tree stands in almost the 
same state as one that has not been shifted 
and the roots are in a positson to begin 
immediate absorption from the soil, and 
thus replace the moisture which is thrown 
off, as soon as transpiration begins from 
the young leaves. On the other hand, a 
tree shifted into its permanent place in the 
depth of winter, when the ground is cold 
remains with a damaged root system, not 
in balance with the upper part of the 
plant, and the first stages of growth must 
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consequently be performed at the expense 
of the stored up energy, which cannot be 
replaced untill new roots have been 
formed. When transplanting young trees 
the roots will be to a certain extent lacer- 
ated and this necessitates the trimming 
of the damaged parts. If the trees have 
been exposed. and the roots become 
dry, most of the fibres will have perished 
aud where this has occurred, the fibres 
should be trimmed back to more solid 
roots, which will furnish the fresh growth 
The hole for a young tree should be large 
enough to allow the roots to be spread out 
giving them a downward tendency at the 
extremities. Good well pulverized soil 
should be placed in contact with the roots 
and each tie of secondary roots which 
emerges from the primary root should be 
spread out so as to secure it in a natural 
position when the hole is filled with soil. 
No fresh manure or unrotted grass or ~ 
weens should be thown into direct contact 
with the roots, and if any artifficial 
muuure be used, it should be thoroughly _ 
mixed with the ‘soil, and not allowed to 
touch the roots directly, Fine bone dust. 
is amuch safer mannre to use with ) oung 
trees than the more active forms, such as 
superphosphate. It is not desirable to 
trim for prune young trees until they 
haue been set out in the orchard ; in fact 
there 's nothing to be gained, - and pos- 
“sibly much to be lost, in shaping of the 
future tree, by leaving ‘the first pruning 
till early springtime. 
The opinion has often been expressed 
_ that varieties of fruit which TDG in the 
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