Archive image from page 103 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 100 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. near them and threaten to smother them. As the buds grow the remaining sprouts are from time to time removed, being careful, early in their growth, to keep a sufficient sprout growth to maintain a rapid flow of sap. The top of the tree should now be free from sprouts and occupied pnly by the buds. The bud growth must be often pinched, to prevent a long, straggling, weak growth. As the crown of bud growth increases, all sprouts are re
Archive image from page 103 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 100 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. near them and threaten to smother them. As the buds grow the remaining sprouts are from time to time removed, being careful, early in their growth, to keep a sufficient sprout growth to maintain a rapid flow of sap. The top of the tree should now be free from sprouts and occupied pnly by the buds. The bud growth must be often pinched, to prevent a long, straggling, weak growth. As the crown of bud growth increases, all sprouts are removed from the trunk. Large trees treated in this manner should appear with a solid bud growth, as in the illus- tration (Plate IX, page 99). In some portions of the State the buds are troubled by the leaf-eating beetle Aramigus ful- leri, which climbs the trees and feeds on the ten- der leaves and tip ends of the buds. To keep the beetles from ascending the trees, bands of cotton- batting are placed on the trunks of the trees below FullGr's I o s 6 Beetle — natural tli6 buds. Thesc bands are removed from time sizeandeularged'to time. PLANTING. Preparation of the Soil.—The land should be thoroughly worked through the winter and prepared to be planted in the spring, when it becomes warmer. All weeds and stubble should be plowed-under; these will decompose and serve as a fertilizer to the orchard. The thorough working of the soil liberates crude gases and changes the nutritive priiiciples to a form more readily assimilated by the tree. ' The question is often propounded to us how to prepare the land before planting the orange tree. Our advice to all contemplating planting is to first have a thorough survey of the land to be planted; then thoroughly grade same, so that water can be successfully carried to every tree. Here is where many make a fatal mistake; they undertake to grade the land by the 'eye,' and find after they have planted their grove that it is impossible to p
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