. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Them 281 Budding the Olive for vine cuttings, in Chapter I. These large cuttings sometimes remain dormant for a year or more, and recent propagation has been ahnost exclusively by (he small-cutting method. Small Cuttings.—Propagating by small cuttings has increased rapidly during the last few years. It serves an excellent purpose in rapid multiplication of the new varieties which are being secured from abroad; it en- ables the grower to handle a large number of plants in a small space, and the plants from small cuttings h
. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Them 281 Budding the Olive for vine cuttings, in Chapter I. These large cuttings sometimes remain dormant for a year or more, and recent propagation has been ahnost exclusively by (he small-cutting method. Small Cuttings.—Propagating by small cuttings has increased rapidly during the last few years. It serves an excellent purpose in rapid multiplication of the new varieties which are being secured from abroad; it en- ables the grower to handle a large number of plants in a small space, and the plants from small cuttings have a symmetrical root system quite resembling that from a seed. These cuttings are made from very small shoots. Propagating the Olive by small cuttings. and both the tips and the lower cuts are used. In the engraving the figure on the left is a tip cutting; the next, a cutting lower down the shoot. These figures are about natural size, and show clearly how the cuttings are made. They are placed closely in boxes of sand about four inches deep, and after a few months are potted in small pots, or may 1k- reset farther apart in boxes of soil or in the open ground. In January or February, the wood seems to be in the best condition in .Berkeley, but such condition may come at other times in other parts of the State. From such cuttings the trees will be of good size for ])lan'Ling in permanent place the next year. It is very important to take the small cuttings just when the wood is ii the right condition, not too soft nor too hard. How to determine this point can not be described; it must be learned by experience. TuiiiCS FROM Truxcheoxs.— Xew varieties secured from the south of Europe generally come in the shape of trun- cheons, which are long sticks of hard wood. They may be planted entire, or be sawn and split into large cuttings (for olive cuttings, even in firewood shape, will grow if properly treated), though better trees come from small cuttings. If the truncheo
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