. Culture of the citrus in California . Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA BUDDING. 95 soft twine or rope either to the remaining portion of the stock or to laths driven alongside. By this practice the trees will grow straight and symmetrical. Growing Budded Trees in the Nursery Without Staking.— The buds are allowed to grow till they show signs of drooping. They are then pinched at the top. The growth is arrested; the stock becomes tirm and erect. The bud starts several new growths. One of these growths, generally the center, is allowed to make an upward growth and the riv
. Culture of the citrus in California . Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA BUDDING. 95 soft twine or rope either to the remaining portion of the stock or to laths driven alongside. By this practice the trees will grow straight and symmetrical. Growing Budded Trees in the Nursery Without Staking.— The buds are allowed to grow till they show signs of drooping. They are then pinched at the top. The growth is arrested; the stock becomes tirm and erect. The bud starts several new growths. One of these growths, generally the center, is allowed to make an upward growth and the rival growths removed. As this growth advances and, like the first, begins to droop, it is again pinched, when it again assumes an upright position and starts its multiple growths. From these, as before, is selected a growth to further advance the height of the tree. When the tree has arrived at its proper height for tlie crown, allow all the growths from the last pinching to remain and the tree to form its desired head. Trees grown in this manner are stronger than those that have had the support of stakes. WORKING OVER LARGE ORANGE TREES. Large orange trees are somewhat diffi- cult to bud, owing to the extreme thick- ness of the bark and the inactivity of flow of sap at the space where the buds are generally inserted. Neither does the bark "slip" as easily as on younger stocks. Three meth- ods of working over large trees are prac- ticed in the southern citrus counties. One is to bud into the large limbs near the crotch; the second is. Orange tree buddei over, showing the buds start- ing, and trunk whitewashed for 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 : State Printing
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