. Culture of the citrus in California. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 118 STATE BOAED OF HORTICULTURE. photographs taken in two of the largest orchards in the State, at San Gabriel. ^ The cut on this page illustrates the method of high pruning followed by some gro\^rs who until recently were firm believers in the system. The trees require to be propped to support the fruit which is borne at thg ends of the branches. As many as ten to fifteen poles are required on some trees to prevent the breaking of limbs that become heavily laden with fruit, besides tying them with ropes to the main branches.
. Culture of the citrus in California. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 118 STATE BOAED OF HORTICULTURE. photographs taken in two of the largest orchards in the State, at San Gabriel. ^ The cut on this page illustrates the method of high pruning followed by some gro\^rs who until recently were firm believers in the system. The trees require to be propped to support the fruit which is borne at thg ends of the branches. As many as ten to fifteen poles are required on some trees to prevent the breaking of limbs that become heavily laden with fruit, besides tying them with ropes to the main branches. The ground underneath always "bakes" and the trees show yellow- ing of the leaves. Now, pause for a moment, study the picture and see what proportion of foliage is cut away, which, if left, would protect the upperlimbs from breaking and al- low the fruit to be borne proportionally throughout. It is need- less, perhaps, to remark that the crop borne on such trees is consider- ably less than that borne by trees having a dense foliage and High-pruned trees—propped. trained low. The illustration on page 120 is of a low-trained tree, from a photograph taken in an orchard, and a fair specimen of how the entire orchard looks. Here no props are used; there is little or no dead wood inside, caused by the hot rays of the sun. No limbs are required to be tied, and above all the crop is always twice the size of that borne by high-trimmed orchards. In summer the trees must be irrigated, and as the cultivator cannot run close to the trunks the surface of most soils will "bake" by the heat before they can be worked by hand. On. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. State Board of Horticulture; Lelong, Byron Martin, 1856-1901. Sacramento, A. J. Johnston, superintendent state prin
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