. California citrus culture. Fruit-culture; Citrus. 24 CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. again, the first year the trees must never feel the want of ^ater. As with young animals, dwarfed in youth, always dwarfed. The second season the trees nmst be pruned to form a head that is shapely, but this pruning should be as light as possible to produce a. Fig. 14.— Ora-ngu tieo headed low. (Photo by A. U. Sha,iiicLj symmetrical tree, as the abundant foliage is of signal use at this period. In Italy the trees are headed high (Fig. 13), so that one can walk under the lower limbs. The practice of lower heading
. California citrus culture. Fruit-culture; Citrus. 24 CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. again, the first year the trees must never feel the want of ^ater. As with young animals, dwarfed in youth, always dwarfed. The second season the trees nmst be pruned to form a head that is shapely, but this pruning should be as light as possible to produce a. Fig. 14.— Ora-ngu tieo headed low. (Photo by A. U. Sha,iiicLj symmetrical tree, as the abundant foliage is of signal use at this period. In Italy the trees are headed high (Fig. 13), so that one can walk under the lower limbs. The practice of lower heading (Fig. 14) is much to be preferred. The lower branches should leave the trunk at varying heights to avoid crotches and 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 commission of horticulture. [from old catalog]; Cook, Albert John, 1842- [from old catalog]. [Sacramento, Cal. ] Printed at the State printing office, W. Richardson
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