The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . ehorse should be used, and the surface kept perfectly pulverized. Thecultivator should follow irrigation as soon as the soil will admit of of irrigation of nursery depends, of course, upon local con-ditions. Some give two or three irrigations, by running the water in alittle trench alongside the rows, at intervals of two weeks, for a timeafter planting, and then irrigate once a month during the summe
The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . ehorse should be used, and the surface kept perfectly pulverized. Thecultivator should follow irrigation as soon as the soil will admit of of irrigation of nursery depends, of course, upon local con-ditions. Some give two or three irrigations, by running the water in alittle trench alongside the rows, at intervals of two weeks, for a timeafter planting, and then irrigate once a month during the summer. It isimportant that irrigation should not be continued too late into the fall,because the young tree should harden its wood before cold weather. Noris it desirable that the growth be too rapid. A good growth of soundwood is better than extra size. Length of Time in Nursery.—Seedlings are usually budded afterbeing one or two years in the nursery, or at two to three years from theplanting of the seed. At a convenient time in the winter the lowershoots and thorns arc removed from the seedlings, so as to leave a clearstem of about six inches for the convenience of the Orange top on lemon trees eighteen months after budding. 440 CALIFORNIA FRUITS : HOW TO GROW THEM BUDDING THE ORANGE The orange root is the best foundation for an orange tree, and theseedhng sweet orange has been the main rehance. The seedhng of theFlorida sour orange has been used to some extent to escape gum dis-ease. It has not been entirely free, though conceded to be less subjectto the trouble. Oranges have also been worked upon pomelo seedlings,which force a strong growth, root deeply and are satisfactory. Ofcourse, many lemon, and recently many pomelo trees, have been workedover to the orange, but in these cases the orange root was below theother wood. All lemon roots are not suitable for the orange. The Jap-anese practice of dwarfing with the citrus trifoliata has never prevailedin t lis State. R
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